page_title: Arzobispo River
section_title: Wetlands
hierarchical_section_title: Arzobispo River / Wetlands
caption_attribution_description: Español: Mapa localizador de la ciudad de Bogotá, Distrito Capital, Colombia. Equirectangular projection. Geographic limits of the map: N: 4.8399 N S: 4.4751 S W: -74.2181 W E: -74.0108 W
context_page_description: 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. 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.
context_section_description: Six of the fifteen protected wetlands of Bogotá are located in the Juan Amarillo River basin.
caption: Wetlands within the Juan Amarillo Basin
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