[4] Due to drainage of the waters for agriculture and dairy farming, the lake levels have dropped drastically in recent years and many flora and fauna species have disappeared.

It formed the connection between the territories of the zipa in the south and zaque in the north and merchants between the two parts of the Muisca Confederation would pass the lake.

[9] Around 47 bird species visit in Lake Fúquene, among them Agelaius icterocephalus bogotensis and Fulica americana.

[12] Some of the flora species are Scirpus californicus, Typha,[13] Ixobrichus exilis bogotensis,[12] and Alnus jorullensis.

[11] Fifty dairy farming industries exist around it, with the most important in Ubaté, Chiquinquirá and Simijaca.