Modeling for Management: A Case Study of the Cañete watershed, Peru

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dc.creatorFrancesconi, Wendy
dc.creatorUribe, Natalia
dc.creatorValencia Gómez, Jefferson
dc.creatorQuintero, Marcela
dc.date2018
dc.date2018-03-22T18:49:12Z
dc.date2018-03-22T18:49:12Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:45:17Z
dc.descriptionIntroduction The Cañete River watershed located in the central Peruvian Andes, is undergoing hydrological changes due to global rising temperatures, landuse changes and increased water supply demand. At the river’s source in the ice-covered mountains at 5,800 m.a.s.l., changes in the landscape are evident given the ever receding snow covered ground. According to aerial photographs of the snowcap mountains, out of the 16 snow peaks that existed in 1962, only 11 remained in 1990 (Cementos Lima S.A.). Exacerbating this situation are the changes in land use occurring at the upper and middle watershed. The watershed’s natural habitat functions as a sponge, retaining much of the water that melts from the glaciers or that falls as precipitation (Wiegers et al., 1999). In addition, lakes, puddles, springs and creeks create a water holding network that transports and slows down water losses along the elevation gradient. Yet, changes in ecosystem dynamics affect the water holding capacity of the watershed, leading to more erratic water flows with longer dry periods and flush events.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/91728
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/87480
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCRC Press
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceFrancesconi, Wendy; Uribe, Natalia; Valencia, Jefferson; Quintero, Marcela. 2018. Modeling for Management: A Case Study of the Cañete watershed, Peru . In: Rivera, D. (Ed.), Godoy-Faundez, A. (Ed.), Saavedra, M. (Ed.). (2018). Andean Hydrology. Boca Raton: CRC Press. 264 p. ISBN 9781498788410 p.84-101.
dc.subjectland use
dc.subjectutilización de la tierra
dc.subjectwater supply
dc.subjectmountains
dc.subjectlandscapes
dc.subjectwatersheds
dc.subjectsimulation models
dc.subjectmodelos de simulación
dc.titleModeling for Management: A Case Study of the Cañete watershed, Peru
dc.typeBook Chapter

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