Capellanía (wetland)

Capellanía Wetland Humedal de Capellanía
Capellanía Wetland
Location in Bogotá
Location	Fontibón, Bogotá  Colombia
Coordinates	4°40′30″N 74°7′50″W / 4.67500°N 74.13056°W / 4.67500; -74.13056
Area	27.03 ha (66.8 acres)
Elevation	2,542 m (8,340 ft)
Administrator	EAAB - ESP
Website	Humedal de Capellanía

Capellanía (Spanish: Humedal de Capellanía) is a wetland situated in the locality of Fontibón as one of the Wetlands of Bogotá, Colombia. It forms part of the Fucha River basin on the Bogotá savanna. Since 1995, it has been split into two due to the construction of the Avenida La Esperanza. This has caused rapid deterioration and the wetland is likely to disappear because of the industries that surround it, the current transportation projects of the area, and future developments approved by the district. The wetland covers 27 hectares (67 acres).^[1]

Due to the industrial activities around the wetland, it hardly hosts fauna.^[2]

Flora registered in the wetland are among others kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum), southern bulrush (Scirpus californicus) and larger bur-marigold (Bidens laevis).^[2]

• Biodiversity of Colombia, Bogotá savanna, Thomas van der Hammen Natural Reserve
• Wetlands of Bogotá

• 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

• (in Spanish) Fundación Humedales de Bogotá
• (in Spanish) Conozca los 15 humedales de Bogotá - El Tiempo