TY - CHAP
T1 - Rivers from the Western Amazon
AU - Piland, Natalia C.
AU - Beveridge, Claire F.
AU - Campos-Silva, João V.
AU - Cañas, Carlos
AU - Correa, Sandra B.
AU - Couto, Thiago B.A.
AU - Encalada, Andrea C.
AU - Escobar-Camacho, Daniel
AU - López-Casas, Silvia
AU - Webb, Benjamin
AU - Anderson, Elizabeth P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024/1/1
Y1 - 2024/1/1
N2 - In this chapter, the Western Amazon refers to the basins of the Caquetá-Japurá, Putumayo-Içá, Napo, Marañón, Ucayali, Juruá, and Purus rivers. Together, they account for approximately 40% of the water discharge and approximately 70% of the sediment load of the mainstem Amazon. Rivers of the Western Amazon pass through at least 12 ecoregions, from the peak of Huascarán mountain (6770ma.s.l.) to the Juruá-Purus moist forest ecoregion (20-60ma.s.l.). These rivers run through Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Perú, and nourish regions of vast biological and cultural diversity. While the main land use in the Western Amazon is favorable for conservation (for example, protected areas and Indigenous territories), economic activities broadly in the Western Amazon have been historically determined by boom and bust cycles. Currently, the boom is represented by extractive industries that focus on hydrocarbons, illicit crops, commercial fisheries, and gold mining.
AB - In this chapter, the Western Amazon refers to the basins of the Caquetá-Japurá, Putumayo-Içá, Napo, Marañón, Ucayali, Juruá, and Purus rivers. Together, they account for approximately 40% of the water discharge and approximately 70% of the sediment load of the mainstem Amazon. Rivers of the Western Amazon pass through at least 12 ecoregions, from the peak of Huascarán mountain (6770ma.s.l.) to the Juruá-Purus moist forest ecoregion (20-60ma.s.l.). These rivers run through Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Perú, and nourish regions of vast biological and cultural diversity. While the main land use in the Western Amazon is favorable for conservation (for example, protected areas and Indigenous territories), economic activities broadly in the Western Amazon have been historically determined by boom and bust cycles. Currently, the boom is represented by extractive industries that focus on hydrocarbons, illicit crops, commercial fisheries, and gold mining.
KW - Amazon
KW - Andes
KW - Biodiversity hotspots
KW - Integrated river management
KW - Tropical montane rivers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85214176809&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-12-823429-7.00015-X
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-12-823429-7.00015-X
M3 - Capítulo
AN - SCOPUS:85214176809
SN - 9780128225943
SP - 279
EP - 333
BT - Rivers of South America
PB - Elsevier
ER -
