Madeira

Carolina Rodrigues da Costa Dória; Jorge Molina-Carpio; Gislene Torrente-Vilara; Aline Andriolo; Maria Madalena de Aguiar Cavalcante; Carmen Gracía-Dávila; Hernán Ortega; Paul Andre van Damme

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-823429-7.00016-1

Madeira

Carolina Rodrigues da Costa Dória, Jorge Molina-Carpio, Gislene Torrente-Vilara, Aline Andriolo, Maria Madalena de Aguiar Cavalcante, Carmen Gracía-Dávila, Hernán Ortega, Paul Andre van Damme

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Abstract

Rising in the Andes, the Madeira River drains the southwestern part of the Amazon basin. With a drainage basin of 1,370,000km2 and an elevation range of 20-6450ma.s.l., the Madeira is the second largest tributary of the Amazon and provides half of its sediment load (426Mt/yr). As a result of its physiography, location, and Andean origin, the basin exhibits amazing climatic, hydrochemical, and biological diversities. Thirteen climate zones (from polar to tropical rainforest, precipitation from 300 to 6000mm/year) and 10 terrestrial ecoregions are found within its boundaries. Nearly 1400 fish species, 135 endemic (the highest of the Amazon basin), have been recorded. The basin was an early center of plant domestication by the first native Americans. Two hydroelectric dams in the main river course in Brazil had huge ecological impacts, which could worsen if other dams are built. The basin is also impacted by deforestation (mostly for cultivation of commodities) and mining.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Rivers of South America
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	335-379
Number of pages	45
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128234297
ISBN (Print)	9780128225943
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823429-7.00016-1
State	Published - 1 Jan 2024

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Keywords

Andean-Amazon rivers
Damming effects
High fish diversity
Inland fisheries

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