# Fucha River

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The **Fucha River** is a river on the [Bogotá savanna](/source/Bogot%C3%A1_savanna) and a left tributary of the [Bogotá River](/source/Bogot%C3%A1_River). The river originates in the [Eastern Hills](/source/Eastern_Hills,_Bogot%C3%A1) of the [Colombian](/source/Colombia) capital [Bogotá](/source/Bogot%C3%A1) and flows westward through the city into the Bogotá River. It is one of the three important rivers of the city, together with the [Tunjuelo](/source/Tunjuelo_River) and [Juan Amarillo Rivers](/source/Juan_Amarillo_River).

## Etymology

Fucha is derived from [Muysccubun](/source/Chibcha_language), the indigenous language of the [Muisca](/source/Muisca_people), who inhabited the Bogotá savanna before the [Spanish conquest](/source/Spanish_conquest_of_the_Muisca) and means "her" or "female".[1]

## Description

The Fucha River originates in the locality [San Cristóbal](/source/San_Crist%C3%B3bal,_Bogot%C3%A1) in the [Eastern Hills](/source/Eastern_Hills,_Bogot%C3%A1) of [Bogotá](/source/Bogot%C3%A1) and is named in its upper course Quebrada Manzanares, [San Cristóbal](/source/San_Crist%C3%B3bal_River,_Bogot%C3%A1), [Arzobispo](/source/Arzobispo_River) and [San Francisco River](/source/San_Francisco_River,_Bogot%C3%A1). It flows north from the [Tunjuelo River](/source/Tunjuelo_River) westward and respectively forms the boundary between the localities [Rafael Uribe Uribe](/source/Rafael_Uribe_Uribe) (south) and [Antonio Nariño](/source/Antonio_Nari%C3%B1o,_Bogot%C3%A1) (north) and [Tunjuelito](/source/Tunjuelito) and [Ciudad Bolivar](/source/Ciudad_Bol%C3%ADvar,_Bogot%C3%A1) (south) and [Kennedy](/source/Kennedy,_Bogot%C3%A1) (north) of the Colombian capital and is canalised between the [Carrera Séptima](/source/Carrera_S%C3%A9ptima) and the [Avenida Boyacá](/source/Avenida_Boyac%C3%A1). South of the locality [Bosa](/source/Bosa,_Bogot%C3%A1), the Fucha River flows into the [Bogotá River](/source/Bogot%C3%A1_River). The Fucha River is highly contaminated.[2]

### Wetlands

Main article: [Wetlands of Bogotá](/source/Wetlands_of_Bogot%C3%A1)

Four of the fifteen protected wetlands of Bogotá are located in the Fucha River basin.

Wetland Location Altitude (m) Area (ha) Notes Image Capellanía Fontibón 2542 27.05 [3] Meandro del Say Fontibón Mosquera 2548 13.6 [4] Techo Techo, Kennedy 2545 11.46 [5] El Burro Kennedy 2541 18.84 [6]

## See also

- [List of rivers of Colombia](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Colombia)
- [Eastern Hills, Bogotá](/source/Eastern_Hills,_Bogot%C3%A1)
- [Bogotá savanna](/source/Bogot%C3%A1_savanna)
- [Juan Amarillo River](/source/Juan_Amarillo_River), [Tunjuelo River](/source/Tunjuelo_River)

## References

1. (in Spanish) [*fucha*](http://muysca.cubun.org/fucha) - Muisccubun Dictionary

1. (in Spanish) [Entre ríos y quebradas Bogotá tiene 198 cuerpos de agua ¿Los conoce?](https://www.civico.com/bogota/noticias/entre-rios-y-quebradas-bogota-tiene-198-cuerpos-de-agua)

1. [Humedal Capellanía](http://humedalesbogota.com/humedal-de-capellania/)

1. [Humedal Meandro del Say](http://humedalesbogota.com/humedal-meandro-del-say/)

1. [Humedal Techo](http://humedalesbogota.com/humedal-de-techo/)

1. [Humedal El Burro](http://humedalesbogota.com/humedal-el-burro/)

## External links

- (in Spanish) [Sistema Hídrico, Bogotá](http://190.27.245.106/POT-2013/Cartografia/Anexo01_Sistema_Hidrico.pdf)

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