Ubaté River

Ubaté River
Location of the Ubaté River in Colombia
Native name Río Ubaté
Etymology Muysccubun: "bloodied land" or "sower of the mouth"
Country  Colombia
Department Cundinamarca
Municipalities Tausa, Sutatausa, Ubaté, Fúquene
Physical characteristics
Main source Tausa
3,550 m (11,650 ft)[1]
5°10′24.1″N 73°53′36.5″W / 5.173361°N 73.893472°W / 5.173361; -73.893472Coordinates: 5°10′24.1″N 73°53′36.5″W / 5.173361°N 73.893472°W / 5.173361; -73.893472
River mouth Lake Fúquene
Fúquene
2,543 m (8,343 ft)[2]
5°26′24.2″N 73°44′22.4″W / 5.440056°N 73.739556°W / 5.440056; -73.739556
Length 49 km (30 mi)
Basin features
River system Confluence of El Hato River & La Playa River[1]
Basin size 293 km2 (113 sq mi)[1]
Waterbodies Lake Fúquene

The Ubaté River is a river on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Cundinamarca, Colombia.

Etymology

The name Ubaté comes from the native name "Ebate", in Muysccubun meaning "bloodied land" or "sower of the mouth".[3]

Description

source
mouth
Source and mouth of the Ubaté River on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense

The Ubaté River originates as the confluence of the El Hato and La Playa Rivers. El Hato River originates in the municipality Tausa. The Ubaté River flows northward through the Ubaté-Chiquinquirá Valley and drains into Lake Fúquene, at the border with Boyacá.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 N., N. s.a.. Plan de ordenamiento Fúquene - Cuenca regional Ubaté-Chiquinquirá. N.N.. Accessed 2017-02-28.
  2. ↑ "GNF - Laguna Fúquene". Retrieved 2012-11-14.
  3. ↑ (in Spanish) Official website Ubaté
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