The
Savanna of Bogotá is a
high plateau located in the center of
Colombia on the eastern cordillera of the Colombian
Andes. It is on the southern part of a larger plateau called
Altiplano Cundiboyacense that rises to an average altitude of 2600 mts (8500 ft) above sea level. This plateau is crossed from north to south by the
Bogotá River, which at the southwestern edge of the plateau forms the
Tequendama Falls (Salto Tequendama). Other rivers, tributaries of the Bogotá river, form smaller valleys with very fertile soils dedicated to agriculture and cattle-breeding.