Subachoque River

Subachoque River
Location of the Subachoque River in Colombia
Etymology	Muysccubun: "work of the Sun" or "farmfields of the front"
Native name	Río Subachoque (Spanish)
Location
Country	Colombia
Department	Cundinamarca
Municipalities	Facatativá El Rosal Madrid
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	4°51′58.6″N 74°18′16.1″W / 4.866278°N 74.304472°W / 4.866278; -74.304472
Mouth	Bojacá River
• location	Mosquera
• coordinates	4°40′48.7″N 74°15′23.2″W / 4.680194°N 74.256444°W / 4.680194; -74.256444
Basin features
River system	Bojacá River  Bogotá River   Magdalena Basin    Caribbean Sea

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

Subachoque is derived from the indigenous language of the Muisca, who inhabited the Bogotá savanna before the Spanish conquest and means either "work of the Sun" of "farmfields of the front".^[1]

source

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Source and mouth of the Subachoque River on the Bogotá savanna

The Subachoque River originates in the easternmost part of Facatativá, Cundinamarca, west of Bogotá. It flows through the municipalities El Rosal, and Madrid before joining the Bojacá River in Mosquera and forming the Balsillas downstream part of the Bojacá River, flowing into the Bogotá River.

• List of rivers of Colombia
• Bogotá savanna

• (in Spanish) Sistema Hídrico, Bogotá
• (in Spanish) Hidrografía Río Bogotá