The Ubaté River is a river on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Cundinamarca, Colombia.

Ubaté River
Location of the Ubaté River in Colombia
Etymology	Muysccubun: "bloodied land" or "sower of the mouth"
Native name	Río Ubaté  (Spanish)
Location
Country	Colombia
Department	Cundinamarca
Municipalities	Tausa Sutatausa Ubaté Fúquene
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Tausa
• coordinates	5°10′24.1″N 73°53′36.5″W
• elevation	3,550 m (11,650 ft)[1]
Mouth	Lake Fúquene
• location	Fúquene
• coordinates	5°26′24.2″N 73°44′22.4″W
• elevation	2,543 m (8,343 ft)[2]
Length	49 km (30 mi)
Basin size	293 km2 (113 sq mi)[1]
Basin features
River system	Confluence of El Hato River & La Playa River[1]
Waterbodies	Lake Fúquene

Etymology

The name Ubaté comes from the native name "Ebate", in Muysccubun meaning "bloodied land" or "sower of the mouth".[3]

Description

source

mouth

Source and mouth of the Ubaté River on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense

The Ubaté River originates as the confluence of the El Hato and La Playa Rivers. El Hato River originates in the municipality Tausa. The Ubaté River flows northward through the Ubaté-Chiquinquirá Valley and drains into Lake Fúquene, at the border with Boyacá.

See also

• List of rivers of Colombia

References