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Cuja River

Coordinates: 4°11′33.5″N 74°16′32.7″W / 4.192639°N 74.275750°W / 4.192639; -74.275750
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Cuja River
Cuja River is located in Colombia
Cuja River
Location of the Cuja River in Colombia
Location
CountryColombia
DepartmentCundinamarca
Municipalities
Physical characteristics
SourceSumapaz Páramo
 • locationArbeláez
 • coordinates4°11′33.5″N 74°16′32.7″W / 4.192639°N 74.275750°W / 4.192639; -74.275750
MouthSumapaz River
 • location
Fusagasugá
 • coordinates
4°15′05.6″N 74°32′29.1″W / 4.251556°N 74.541417°W / 4.251556; -74.541417
Basin size85.58 km2 (33.04 sq mi)[1]
Basin features
River systemSumapaz River
 Magdalena Basin
  Caribbean Sea

The Cuja River is a river of Cundinamarca, Colombia. It is a tributary of the Sumapaz River, that flows into the Magdalena River, flowing towards the Caribbean Sea.[1]

Description

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Cuja River is located in the Bogotá savanna
source
source
mouth
mouth
Source and mouth of the Cuja River south of the Bogotá savanna

The Cuja River originates on the Sumapaz Páramo and flows westward through the municipalities Arbeláez and Fusagasugá, where it meets the Guavio River, Fusagasugá. Upstream of the Guavio River is the Batán River.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b (in Spanish) Hidrología Fusagasugá Archived 2017-03-01 at the Wayback Machine

Further reading

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  • McNally, Rand (1993), The New International Atlas, Rand McNally, pp. 1–560, ISBN 978-0-528-83694-7, retrieved 2017-03-11