Sedimentation in Rio La Venta Canyon in Netzahualcoyotl Reservoir, Chiapas, Mexico

Juan Antonio de la Fuente; Tom Lisle; Jose Velasquez; Bonnie L. Allison; Alisha Miller

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Sedimentation in Rio La Venta Canyon in Netzahualcoyotl Reservoir, Chiapas, Mexico

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Authors:

Juan Antonio de la Fuente, Tom Lisle, Jose Velasquez, Bonnie L. Allison, Alisha Miller

Year:

2000

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 83(47): F430.

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Abstract

Sedimentation of Rio La Venta as it enters the Netzahualcoyotl Reservoir in Chiapas, Mexico, threatens a unique part of the aquatic ecosystem. Rio La Venta enters the reservoir via a narrow canyon about 16 km long with spectacular, near-vertical limestone bluffs up to 320 m high and inhabited by the flora and fauna of a pristine tropical forest.

Keywords

PSW4351, sediment, sedimentation, Chiapas, Mexico, tropical forest

Citation

de la Fuente, Juan Antonio; Lisle, Tom; Velasquez, Jose; Allison, Bonnie L.; Miller, Alisha. 2000. Sedimentation in Rio La Venta Canyon in Netzahualcoyotl Reservoir, Chiapas, Mexico. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 83(47): F430.