Wetland in Bogotá, Colombia
Córdoba (Spanish: Humedal de Córdoba) is a wetland, part of the Wetlands of Bogotá in Bogotá, Colombia. It is situated on the Bogotá savanna in the locality Suba between the Avenida Boyacá and Avenida Córdoba and the streets Calle 127 and Calle 116, close to the TransMilenio stations Av. Suba Calle 116 and namesake station Humedal Córdoba.[1] The wetland covers about 40 hectares (99 acres).[2]
Flora and fauna
Flora
Flora registered in the wetland are among others Alnus acuminata, Ficus soatensis, Senna multiglandulosa, Spirodela intermedia, Bidens laevis, Eichornia crassipes.[3]
Birds
Of the wetlands of Bogotá, Córdoba has the highest number of registered bird species with 96 of which 17 endemic.[4][5]
Endemic species unique for this wetland are:[6]
Gallery
See also
References
- ^ Sandoval Rincón, 2013, p.96
- ^ Moreno et al., s.a., p.7
- ^ Moreno et al., s.a., p.8
- ^ Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.8
- ^ Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.11
- ^ Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.34
Bibliography
- Andrade L., Martha Esperanza; Benitez Castañeda, Henry, Los Humedales de la Sabana de Bogotá: Área Importante para la Conservación de las Aves de Colombia y el Mundo (PDF), AICAS, pp. 1–38, retrieved 2017-03-03
- Moreno, Vanesa; García, Juan Francisco; Villalba, Juan Carlos, Descripción general de los humedales de Bogotá D.C. (PDF), Sociedad Geográfica de Colombia, pp. 1–28, retrieved 2017-03-03
- Sandoval Rincón, Diana Marcela (2013), "Protected Areas in the City, Urban Wetlands of Bogotá", Cuadernos de Vivienda y Urbanismo, 6: 80–103, retrieved 2017-03-03
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