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Córdoba (wetland)

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Location
  
Suba, Bogotá  Colombia

Elevation
  
2,548 m (8,360 ft)

Named for
  
Córdoba River

Area
  
40.51 ha (100.1 acres)

Designated
  
September 2003

Administrator
  
EAAB - ESP

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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 Shaio and namesake station Humedal Córdoba. The wetland covers about 40 hectares (99 acres).

Contents

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Flora

Flora registered in the wetland are among others Alnus acuminata, Ficus soatensis, Senna multiglandulosa, Spirodela intermedia, Bidens laevis, Eichornia crassipes.

Birds

Of the wetlands of Bogotá, Córdoba has the highest number of registered bird species with 96 of which 17 endemic.

Endemic species unique for this wetland are:

References

Córdoba (wetland) Wikipedia


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