Shaping an Andean landscape: Processes affecting topography, soils and hydrology in Cotacachi
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2006
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Cambridge, MA: CABI Publishing
Abstract
This second chapter introduces the topography and field scale characteristics of soil and water types, processes, and uses. Important concepts regarding the variation of climate and agricultural production systems duet to elevation are also discussed, providing a context for water use and soil erosion issues regularly confronted by indigenous communities in Cotacachi.
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Soil erosion, Tropical zones, Soil, Water, Cold zones, Water use, Agricultural zones, Volcanoes, Land use, Land management, Field Scale Watershed