Geomorphic changes in the Coca River Watershed due to the construction of a run of the river dam

Isabel-Carolina Bernal, Christian Romero, Vicente Tinoco, Mathias Kondolf, Daissy Quishpe, Natalia Horna, Marilyn Meneses, Deparment of Petroleum Engineering, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Department of Geology, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Instituto de Investigación Geológico y Energético, Instituto de Geociências , Universidade de Brasilia , Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, University of California, Department of Civil Engineering, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo

Progress in Physical Geography: An International Review of Geographical Work in the Natural and Environmental Sciences

Published online on July 15, 2026

Abstract

Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment, Ahead of Print.
Ecuador lies within the Northern Andes of South America, a mountain chain driven by tectonic processes. Several studies have documented sediment mass transfer between the Andean chain and the Amazon Basin. It has been estimated that up to 95% of the ...