Fúquene Lake

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Fúquene Lake is a high-altitude Andean lake in central Colombia known for its ecological importance and surrounding agricultural landscapes.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lake Fúquene 3
Fúquene Lake canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Andean lake
lake
basinCountry Colombia
climateZone cold Andean climate
continent South America
country Colombia
drainageBasin Suárez River basin
ecosystemType Andean wetland
elevation about 2540 metres above sea level
hasConservationStatus environmentally degraded but of high conservation priority
hasEcologicalImportance carbon storage in wetland soils
habitat for aquatic birds
regulation of local hydrological cycle
hasVegetationType emergent macrophytes
floating aquatic plants
riparian grasses
inflow various Andean streams
knownFor biodiversity
high-altitude wetland ecosystem
surrounding agricultural landscapes
languageOfToponym Spanish
locatedIn Boyacá Department
Cundinamarca Department
linked to: Cundinamarca region
locatedInMountainRange Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes
locatedInRegion Altiplano Cundiboyacense
locatedNear Ubaté Valley
town of Fúquene
town of Simijaca
town of Susa
linked to: Susa
locatedNorthOf Bogotá
outflow Suárez River
partOf Fúquene–Cucunubá–Palacio wetland system
Upper Magdalena–Bogotá river basin
linked to: Bogotá River basin
subjectOf biodiversity conservation programs
hydrological restoration projects
surroundedBy crop fields
dairy farms
pastures
threatenedBy agricultural expansion
drainage for pasture
eutrophication
water pollution
usedFor fishing
irrigation
livestock watering
local tourism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ubaté Valley near Fúquene Lake
Suárez River sourceLocation Lake Fúquene
linked to: Fúquene Lake
Fúquene hasNearbyFeature Lake Fúquene
linked to: Fúquene Lake
Fúquene isNamedAfter Lake Fúquene
linked to: Fúquene Lake