Bojacá River

Bojacá River
Bojacá River
	Location of the Bojacá River in Colombia
Etymology	Muysccubun: "purple enclosure"
Native name	Río Bojacá (Spanish)
Location
Country	Colombia
Department	Cundinamarca
Municipalities	Facatativá; Funza; Bojacá; Mosquera; Bogotá;
Localities	Fontibón (Bogotá)
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Facatativá
• coordinates	4°52′29.4″N 74°21′31.4″W / 4.874833°N 74.358722°W
Mouth	Bogotá River
• location	Fontibón
• coordinates	4°36′56.9″N 74°14′59.0″W / 4.615806°N 74.249722°W
Basin features
River system	Bogotá River; Magdalena Basin; Caribbean Sea

The Bojacá River is a river on the Bogotá savanna and a right tributary of the Bogotá River.

Etymology

Bojacá is derived from Muysccubun, the indigenous language of the Muisca, who inhabited the Bogotá savanna before the Spanish conquest and means "purple enclosure".^[1]^[2]

Description

source

mouth

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Source and mouth of the Bojacá River on the Bogotá savanna

The Bojacá River originates at the western edge of the Bogotá savanna and flows from the northwest to the southeast through the municipalities Facatativá, Funza, Mosquera and the locality Fontibón of Bogotá before joining the Bogotá River. The southeastern portion of the Bojacá River, after the confluence with the Subachoque River, is called Balsillas. The Bojacá River flows just north of Lake Herrera.