Hydrological Response Assessment of Land Cover Change in a Peruvian Amazonian Basin Impacted by Deforestation Using the SWAT Model
The watershed hydrologic conditions in the Madre de Dios (MDD) Basin in the Peruvian Amazon have been irreversibly impacted by deforestation and changes in land cover.These changes have also had detrimental effects on the geomorphology, water quality, and aquatic habitat within the basin.However, there is a scarcity of hydrological modeling studies