This study entailed a review of 80 scientific articles on different environmental issues and
challenges confronting the rivers, streams and running water in South America. The diversity …

Coastal erosion in 45 sandy beaches covering nearly 2000 km along the tectonically active
Chilean coast is assessed during the last four decades. The historical analysis is based on …

The installation of hydroelectric plants has generated multiple environmental impacts on the
world's river systems. In central Chile, the impacts of hydroelectric reservoir operation have …

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the land-use change and its relationship with
its driving factors in the loess hilly region. In this study, a case study was carried out in …

Exact knowledge of the physical structures of different river sections that govern their
ecological structure and function is essential for the efficient conservation and management …

Hydraulic structures such as dams have a direct or indirect influence on the hydro-
sedimentary functioning of rivers. They can impact the sediment continuity of the river and …

Study region Eight rivers regulated by large dams located in three hydro-climatic zones
along the Chilean latitudinal gradient. Study focus We performed a multi-temporal scale …

Despite ungauged basins exist across countries of a wide range of incomes, assessing
water resource availability is an essential issue in low-income zones with less dense …

More than twenty large reservoirs (> 20 hm 3) are located along the latitudinal range of Chile
and, so far, only a few investigations have been carried out into the geomorphological …

This work studies the multiple sources of impacts and disturbances in the Laja River (Central
Chile) and evaluates the changes in water and sediment flows and planimetric geomorphic …