Juan Amarillo River Salitre River Arzobispo River | |
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Native name | Río Juan Amarillo (Spanish) |
Location | |
Country | Colombia |
Department | Cundinamarca |
Municipalities | Bogotá |
Localities | Usaquén, Chapinero, Santa Fe, Suba, Barrios Unidos, Teusaquillo, Engativá |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Eastern Hills |
• coordinates | 4°38′09.1″N 74°02′00.2″W / 4.635861°N 74.033389°W |
• elevation | 3,300 m (10,800 ft) |
Mouth | Bogotá River |
• location | Tibabuyes |
• coordinates | 4°44′15.2″N 74°07′38.7″W / 4.737556°N 74.127417°W |
• elevation | 2,539 m (8,330 ft) |
Basin size | 12,892 ha (31,860 acres) |
Basin features | |
River system | Bogotá River Magdalena Basin Caribbean Sea |
The Juan Amarillo, Arzobispo, or Salitre River is a river on the Bogotá savanna and a left tributary of the Bogotá River in Colombia. The river originates from various quebradas in the Eastern Hills and flows into the Bogotá River at the largest of the wetlands of Bogotá, Tibabuyes, also called Juan Amarillo Wetland. The total surface area of the Juan Amarillo basin, covering the localities Usaquén, Chapinero, Santa Fe, Suba, Barrios Unidos, Teusaquillo, and Engativá, is 12,892 hectares (31,860 acres). Together with the Fucha and Tunjuelo Rivers, the Juan Amarillo River forms part of the left tributaries of the Bogotá River in the Colombian capital.