Santa María del Lago (Spanish: Humedal Santa María del Lago) is a wetland, part of the Wetlands of Bogotá, located in the locality Engativá, Bogotá, Colombia. The wetland on the Bogotá savanna covers an area of 12 hectares (30 acres), of which 4 hectares (9.9 acres) water.
Flora and fauna
Insects
The dragonfly species Ischnura cruzi has been registered in Santa María del Lago, as well as in La Conejera and La Florida.
Birds
Santa María del Lago hosts 43 bird species.
See also
- Biodiversity of Colombia, Bogotá savanna, Thomas van der Hammen Natural Reserve
- Wetlands of Bogotá
References
Bibliography
- Andrade L., Martha Esperanza; Benitez Castañeda, Henry, Los Humedales de la Sabana de Bogotá: Área Importante para la Conservación de las Aves de Colombia y el Mundo (PDF), AICAS, pp. 1–38, retrieved 2017-03-03
- 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
External links
- (in Spanish) Fundación Humedales de Bogotá
- (in Spanish) Conozca los 15 humedales de Bogotá - El Tiempo
