page_title: Altiplano Cundiboyacense
section_title: Hydrology
hierarchical_section_title: Altiplano Cundiboyacense / Hydrology
caption_attribution_description: Español: La leyenda muisca, cuenta que el gran lago de la sabana de Bogotá fue desocupado por un golpe del baston del dios Bochica en estas rocas de donde nacio el salto del tequendama y la cultura chibcha.
context_page_description: The Altiplano Cundiboyacense is a high plateau located in the Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes covering parts of the departments of Cundinamarca and Boyacá. The altiplano corresponds to the ancient territory of the Muisca. The Altiplano Cundiboyacense comprises three distinctive flat regions; the Bogotá savanna, the valleys of Ubaté and Chiquinquirá, and the valleys of Duitama and Sogamoso. The average altitude of the altiplano is about 2,600 metres above sea level but ranges from roughly 2,500 metres to 4,000 metres.
context_section_description: The Altiplano Cundiboyacense hosts a number of rivers and lakes.
caption: The Tequendama Falls are the most impressive waterfalls of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, and are located in the southwest.
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