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

Subachoque River
Subachoque River is located in Colombia
Subachoque River
Location of the Subachoque River in Colombia
EtymologyMuysccubun: "work of the Sun"
or "farmfields of the front"
Native nameRío Subachoque (Spanish)
Location
CountryColombia
DepartmentCundinamarca
Municipalities
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates4°51′58.6″N 74°18′16.1″W / 4.866278°N 74.304472°W / 4.866278; -74.304472
MouthBojacá 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 systemBojacá River
 Bogotá River
  Magdalena Basin
   Caribbean Sea

Etymology

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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]

Description

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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.

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