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Guaymaral y Torca

MuysccubunWetlands of Bogotá

Guaymaral y Torca (Spanish: Humedal Guaymaral y Torca) is a combined wetland, part of the Wetlands of Bogotá, located in the north of the Colombian capital in the localities Suba and Usaquén, Bogotá, Colombia. The wetlands on the Bogotá savanna cover an area of about 73 hectares (180 acres). Guaymaral y Torca, the northernmost wetlands of Bogotá at the foot of the Eastern Hills, is composed of three parts, Guaymaral in the west in Suba (49 hectares (120 acres)), Torca in the east in Usaquén (24 hectares (59 acres)) and a small strip along the dividing Autopista Norte between the two main wetlands. The wetlands are located in the Torca River basin. The Autopista Norte was constructed in 1952, dividing the wetlands.

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Guaymaral y Torca
Avenida Carrera 45, Bogota Localidad Suba

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Avenida Carrera 45
111166 Bogota, Localidad Suba
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