Rivers from the Western Amazon

Piland, Natalia C., Beveridge, Claire F., Campos-Silva, João V., Cañas, Carlos, Correa, Sandra B., Couto, Thiago B. A., Encalada, Andrea C., Escobar-Camacho, Daniel, López-Casas, Silvia, Webb, Benjamin and Anderson, Elizabeth P. (2024) Rivers from the Western Amazon. In: Rivers of South America. Elsevier, pp. 279-333. ISBN 9780128225943

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	amazon,andes,biodiversity hotspots,integrated river management,tropical montane rivers,agricultural and biological sciences(all),environmental science(all) ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1100
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	29 Sep 2025 11:30
Last Modified:	01 Oct 2025 13:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/100507
DOI:	10.1016/B978-0-12-823429-7.00015-X

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