Siecha Lakes

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Siecha Lakes are a group of high-altitude Andean glacial lagoons in Colombia, noted for their ecological importance and cultural significance to the Muisca people.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Siecha Lakes canonical 1
Siecha lagoons 1
South Siecha Lake 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacial lakes ⓘ
group of lakes ⓘ
high-altitude Andean lagoons ⓘ
accessibleFrom Bogotá ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Muisca Confederation ⓘ
linked to: Muisca
associatedPeople Muisca ⓘ
averageTemperature around 4–10 °C ⓘ
climate cold Andean climate ⓘ
conservationGoal preservation of Muisca cultural heritage ⓘ
protection of high-Andean water sources ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
distanceFromBogotá approximately 50 kilometers ⓘ
drainageBasin Orinoco River basin ⓘ
linked to: Orinoco Basin
ecosystemType páramo ⓘ
elevation approximately 3500–3800 meters above sea level ⓘ
formedBy glacial activity ⓘ
governedBy Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance sacred site for the Muisca people ⓘ
hasEcologicalImportance habitat for high-Andean flora and fauna ⓘ
source of high-Andean freshwater ⓘ
hasPart Middle Siecha Lake ⓘ
North Siecha Lake ⓘ
South Siecha Lake ⓘ
linked to: Siecha Lakes
languageOfToponym Chibcha ⓘ
linked to: Muisca
locatedIn Andes ⓘ
Cundinamarca Department ⓘ
linked to: Cundinamarca region

Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Chingaza National Natural Park ⓘ
locatedNear Bogotá ⓘ
locatedOnContinent South America ⓘ
mainThreats climate change ⓘ
tourism pressure ⓘ
water contamination risk ⓘ
mainVegetation Espeletia (frailejón) plants ⓘ
páramo grasses ⓘ
nearbySettlement Guasca ⓘ
La Calera ⓘ
protectedStatus part of a Colombian national natural park ⓘ
regulations access controlled by park authorities ⓘ
relatedMythology Muisca cosmology ⓘ
relatedTo El Dorado legend ⓘ
typicalActivities birdwatching ⓘ
ecotourism ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
usedFor Muisca offerings and rituals ⓘ
Muisca religious ceremonies ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Municipality of Guasca → hasLake → Siecha lagoons ⓘ
linked to: Siecha Lakes
Siecha Lakes → hasPart → South Siecha Lake ⓘ
linked to: Siecha Lakes