Geomorphology of the Guacimal River catchment, Costa Rica

Adolfo Quesada-Román

doi:10.24294/jgc.v5i2.1673

Geomorphology of the Guacimal River catchment, Costa Rica

Adolfo Quesada-Román

Article ID: 1673
Vol 5, Issue 2, 2022

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Abstract

The Guacimal River catchment has an area of 181 km² and is located in the NW of Costa Rica, between the coordinates 84.745° W-10.016° N and 84.909° W-10.325° N. In this territory, as in most of the country, detailed geomorphological studies are scarce; therefore, the objective of this paper is to present the geomorphological mapping at a scale of 1:25,000 of the Guacimal River, which allows us to explain the dynamics of the agents involved in the modeling of the catchment. The work methodology consisted of three stages: pre-mapping, field activity and post-mapping, which resulted in a map in which ten relief forms are represented, ordered according to their morphogenesis in endogenous modeled and exogenous (fluvial, gravitational and littoral). This document will be the base line for land use planning, both continental and coastal, and for local risk management.

Keywords

Geomorphology; Dynamics; Morphogenesis; Landforms; Mapping

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.24294/jgc.v5i2.1673