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Juan Amarillo River Salitre River Arzobispo River
Location of the Juan Amarillo River in Colombia
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 / 4.635861; -74.033389
• 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 / 4.737556; -74.127417
• 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.

Description

The Juan Amarillo, Arzobispo, or Salitre River, is formed by various quebradas ("creeks") sourced at an altitude of 3,300 metres (10,800 ft) in the Eastern Hills of Bogotá. Main feeder creeks are Las Delicias, La Vieja, El Chicó, Los Molinos, Santa Bárbara, Delicias del Carmen, El Cóndor, El Cedro, San Cristóbal, La Cita and La Floresta. The Juan Amarillo Basin covers the localities Usaquén, Chapinero and Santa Fe in its upper course and Suba, Barrios Unidos, Teusaquillo and Engativá in its lower drainage area. The Suba Hills (cerros de Suba) are located in the Juan Amarillo River basin. The total surface area of the Juan Amarillo basin is 12,892 hectares (31,860 acres).

The river transports 3,400 milligrams per litre (0.00012 lb/cu in) of solid sediments, of which 1,320 milligrams per litre (4.8×10 lb/cu in) reach the mouth of the river near the Tibabuyes wetland.

Wetlands

Six of the fifteen protected wetlands of Bogotá are located in the Juan Amarillo River basin.

Wetland	Location	Altitude (m)	Area (ha)	Notes	Image
La Conejera	Suba	2544	58.9
Tibabuyes Juan Amarillo	Suba Engativá	2539	222.58
Jaboque	Engativá	2539	148
Córdoba	Suba	2548	40.51
Santa María del Lago	Engativá	2549	12
El Salitre	Barrios Unidos	2558	6.4

Gallery

• Channelised part near the Carrera Séptima
• Channel near Carrera 30
• Quebrada El Virrey
• Channelised Río Molinos, near Carrera 25
• Quebrada El Chicó
• Quebrada La Vieja

See also

• List of rivers of Colombia
• Eastern Hills, Bogotá
• Bogotá savanna
• Fucha River, Tunjuelo River

References

1. (in Spanish) Entre ríos y quebradas Bogotá tiene 198 cuerpos de agua ¿Los conoce?
2. Isaza Londoño et al., 1999, p.28
3. Isaza Londoño et al., 1999, p.29
4. Cerros, s.a., p.27
5. Acueducto, 2010, p.23
6. (in Spanish) Humedal Juan Amarillo
7. Humedal La Conejera
8. Humedal Tibabuyes
9. Humedal Jaboque
10. Humedal Córdoba
11. Humedal Santa María del Lago
12. Humedal El Salitre

Bibliography

• Isaza Londoño, Juan Luis; Wiesner Ceballos, Diana; Salazar Ferro, Camilo; Ortiz Suárez, Juan Pablo; Useche Mariño, Catalina (1999), Los cerros: paisaje e identidad cultural – Identificación y valoración del patrimonio ambiental y cultural de los cerros orientales en Santa Fe de Bogotá (PDF), CIFA, Universidad de los Andes, pp. 1–124, retrieved 2017-03-06
• Various, authors (2010), Plan de manejo ambiental - humedal Juan Amarillo (PDF), Acueducto, pp. 1–383, retrieved 2017-03-06
• N., N (30 July 2014), Los cerros, una reserva natural, pp. 22–27, retrieved 2017-03-06

External links

• (in Spanish) Sistema Hídrico, Bogotá

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