INALI   02622
INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGIA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Origin and shape of lentic water bodies in the Middle Paraná Floodplain
Autor/es:
PAIRA, A.R.; DRAGO, E. C.
Lugar:
Cayastá y Santa Fe
Reunión:
Congreso; Workshop on Morphodynamic Processes in Large Lowland Rivers; 2007
Institución organizadora:
Centro Internacional de Estudios de Grandes Ríos (CIEGRi) y The National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics
Resumen:
The Middle Paraná River contains a heterogeneous mosaic of lotic and lentic water bodies with changing shapes and areas according to the variable dynamics of the fluvial processes and the short- and long-term evolution of the different portions of the river floodplain. In this work we encompassed morphometrical analysis based on more than 1,500 lentic water bodies scattered on the alluvial areas from the main channel islands to the older zones of the Middle Paraná river-floodplain and near 50 % of the floodplain surface was embraced in that studies. The aim of this work is to summarize a basin-wide characterization of the origin, shape and morphological evolution of the floodplain lakes and its relationships with the aquatic and terrestrial vegetation and river dynamics.