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.. . ... W AT ER AND SALT BALAN CES OFTHE BOLI VIAN AMAZO N M. A. R och.e A Aliaga ••• J. BotngeJ J. CcruJ .... l .-L. Guyo t' J. Pt TlD ••• N. Rodla ••• ABSTRACT - - - - ---- - - - -- ----, The Bolivian Amazon region liesin the upper middle pan ofthc Madclr.l RI¥cr basin (8S0, OOO km l ), a portion of whtch extends in the Andes ( 24%), andalso in PUlland BBZiL The \P4 t Cf and salt balances of the main lub-ba iru and the entire bu mof the upper Madcir:lo Riverare es tablished for the interannual period 1968/1910 to 1982. The me:ln interllnnual prK ipita t ionl on m e fl' ta t baslru vuvfrom 750 [0 JOCO mm, the enrif't upper Madeirabasinreteivint 1705mmyrl. The biggesr cxtremesofthe rlIMIl reach 490and more dun 7000mm. At i ohead,theMadeiraRiver is yetooe o£the Iargestl;vers ofrhe world, with a mean inr erannualdi.l char ge ofI1.000m l , ', t.e. 536 x 10' m J Y" ", approXima tel y hal fl:h e di5cnargeof the River. The mean interannl.t3 l contribution of me Bolivian Andes is Le. 1J2x lr::t m l w', repreeenno g 25%of the diochargeof theentireupper Madeinl baun.The valuesofactual evapocrarnpirat iOll yaryfrom615mmin the dnee Andean bas:n to 1520 mm tr illa forest and IowdrainagebaJin. Global ionic;contents, with va. lues0( 59 m, t ' , 61 m, 1"' , and 57 m, t' forthe Madeira, the Beni and the Riverl respectively, out ofanycontam;nat,rm,are .somewhatni£ner than forthe Anwon River. Illterannualdi ssclved iOl"lIt tran'poft is tvl luat e1:l t0 32 x 100t at the beginin£ oft he MadeiraRiver, l, e. 1 l . The contnbunon ofthe upper MadeiraRivertothe AmatorllyHem, It the cceen, il evaluated to 9,7%of the water and 10.9%of the ions , whereasthe ,urfate represena 12.1%. lrulitw dt L:: Rtdlrt* Stirnl( ,,/ 14t po, ,, It tTI Cooptr aliol'l (ORSTOMj · p, o. Box 92/4 _1. 01 Po.t. UNESCOtROSTLAC · P. O. BoI 859 - MO'Iuv>:ko. U rll{lia)' /rulH140 ck ffid.du lia2 e Hid. t>!op> fII lH do la UMSA) • P. o.B OJr 699 • L.a BoliWl /l.'oclCn'lD.1 de .\ lm oro/og{a e Hidro/ogia (SENAMH/J • Ed. Lo UIMt>a. Lo Pdt, &li v>:l

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M. A. Roch.e •C. F~t1ma~~ · ·

A Aliaga •••J. BotngeJ •

J. CcruJ ....l .-L. Guyot '

J. Pt TlD •••N. Rodla• •••

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The Bolivian Amazon region liesin the uppermiddle pan ofthc Madclr.l RI¥crbasin(8S0,OOOkml ), a portion ofwhtch extends in the Andes (24%),andalso in PUllandBBZiL The \P4t Cf

and saltbalancesof the main lub-ba iru and theentire bumof the upper Madcir:lo Riverareestablished for the interannual period 1968/1910 to 1982.The me:ln interllnnual prKipita tionl on m e fl' ta t baslru vuvfrom 750 [0 JOCO mm, theenrif'tupper Madeirabasinreteivint 1705mmyrl. The biggesr cxtremesofthe rlIMIl reach 490andmoredun 7000mm. At iohead,theMadeiraRiver is yetooe o£the Iargestl;vers ofrheworld,witha mean inrerannualdi.lcharge ofI1.000ml , ' , t.e. 536 x10' mJ Y"" , approXima tel y halfl:hedi5cnargeof the Con~ River. The mean interannl.t3 l contribution of me Bolivian Andes is4 1 70 m> ~I" '. Le. 1J2x lr::t ml w',repreeennog25%ofthe diochargeof theentireupper Madeinlbaun.The valuesofactualevapocrarnpirat iOll yaryfrom615mmin thednee Andean bas:nto1520 mm tr illa forest and IowdrainagebaJin. Global ionic;contents, with va. lues0( 59 m,t ' , 61 m, 1"', and 57m, t' for the Madeira, the Beni and the MamOl'~ Riverl respectively, outofanycontam;nat,rm,are .somewhatni£ner than for the Anwon River. IllterannualdissclvediOl"lIt t ran'poft is tvl luate1:l t0 32 x 100t at the beginin£ofthe Madeira River, l, e. 1u ·l.The contnbunon of the upper MadeiraRiver to the AmatorllyHem, It the cceen, il evaluatedto 9,7%of the waterand 10.9%of the ions , whereas the ,urfate represena 12.1%.

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UNESCOtROSTLAC · P. O. BoI 859 - MO'Iuv>:ko. Urll{lia)'

/rulH140 ck ffid.dulia2 e Hid.t>!op> fII lH do la UMSA) • P. o . BOJr 699 • L.a p~ . BoliWl

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INTRODUCTION

The Bolivian Amazon region lies in the upper middle part of the Madeira River basin (Sioli,1984), a portionof which also is in Peru and Brazil. The basinextends through the Eastern CordiIJeraof !he Andes, the adjoining Plain.andthe BrazilianShield. Mean drainageu el an: ccnstinned by theMadre de Dios, Beni,Mamofl! andhencz Rivers which join to become the Madeira River. the moreimJX)rtanl south affiuenl of the Amezon, At the confluence of !he Beni and Mamorl! Rivers. theMadeira Riverdrainsa basinof8.50,ooo\an1, 24%ofwhich liel in the Andes. The water Flows throughvaried zones of relief, lithology. climate and vegetation which determine diverse hydrological andhydrochemieal characteristics.

The international Project PHICAB, conducted by ORSTOM, IHH and SENAMHl. underagreement with the International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO, studiesclimate, hydrology.hydrochcmisll')' and sediment transportin Bolivia, in particular the Nn&ZOn part (Roche, 1982: RocheandCanedo. 1984). Thanks Iomeasuremcntsand the compilationof otheravailable data, the PHlCABhas established the water and sail balances of the main sub-basins and the entire basin of !he upperMadeira River (Espinoza. 198.5; Gllda, 198.5: Abasto, 1987: Cruz, 1987: Roche and Fem'ndez·IaUregui, 1988). In the Amunnian region of Bolivia, clim.uological d.ua is available since 1945 atmanystations. The hydrometric measurements have been made in !heAndes since the 1970's but, inthe plain, they beganin 1982. However. three hydrometric stations. amonga PffiCAB network of 15stations. have beenobservedthere before over a 1.5 to 20 yean period. Then, the values obtained over!he whole basin are adjusted for a fU'St evaluation to the inlerannual period 1968/197010 1982,ao::ording to !he UNESCO recommendations for the Wl tCl balance of South America.

DiCfercnts periods have also been considered in other studies for sub-basins (Bourges et al..1987, 1990; Guyot et al., 1987. 1990;Roche et al., 1989). Details of the water and salt balances foran hydrological division in 16 sub-watersheds are presented in Tables I and ll .

PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS

The lurhce of the whole basin is 8.50.000 km' of which onc third is represented by the Benibasinand two thirdscorrespond 10 theMamorl! basin. The Andesoccupy 20.5,000 km'. i. e. one fourthof the surface.

Between the glaciers of the andcan crests and the tropical rainy forest of the piedmont, therivers drain frequently semi-arid areasof high altitude,particularly in the south west of theBeni basinand in the Rio Grande basin. In the eenrerof the eastern plain of Bolivia, the foresl is Interrupted bySlVanna with foreslgallerybut resumes in the Brazilian Shield and 10 thenorthwhere the greatamazonforest begins.

The andcan rocks arc of all geological times: Paleczoic, Mesczcte. Tertiary and Quaternary.They were .cTected by Pliocene folding. with locally upper Cretaccous and Eocenefolding. Intrusiverocks constitute the higtic51 mountainsof the heed-watersheds. The Penn ian andCretaceous sectionscontaingypsiferflusred clayswhere the gypsc is locallyexploited. White em dulens in the dry periodscover diverse terrains in the semi-arid areas, especially the black Paloozoic schists.

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RAINFALL

The SPlr.iaJ rainfalldistributionover all Bolivia and thepartscfthe beainsituated in the bordercountries has been displayed on m.ps 11114.000.000 scale (Roche and Rocha, 1985) and for clChofthe (our mainbasins It l lt .OOO.OOO scale. The Figure 1isuimpliflCalion ofmapsdrawn 11l/5,OOO,OJOscale. This distribution of the precipitation differs greatly ICCOTding to the regions. the dyn.unics ofait muses Ind orographic phenomenL However. the monthlydis tribution in the course of the yearprcsenlS I similar pattern over the entire Bolivian Amazon basin. showing Wt it is part of I samepluviometric regime (Roche et al., 1990).

The Madre de Di05basinreceivesyearly heavyr&infaIJfrom1500mm to morethan7000 mmon the andean flank, and from 1800 to 1500 mm on the plain, with an average 0(2380 mm.

The Bern R jYef buin, in its andean part, receives between some 800 and 1000 mm on thesummit. and more 1hn4QOOmm in the upperpar1 of the hot valleys (Yungas). The most protectedzones due to its western situationbehind the upper summitsof lhe CordiUera. such as the valleysofLa Paz and Luriba)', hi ve rAinfall in the rangeor3SO to .5oo mm. The mainrainfall in the andeanbasinisestimeted 1, 1720 mm. Rainfall in theplainnnges from 16.50 to 2000 mm. with1meanprocipitationeYllulted I t 1810 mm. and at 17.5.5 mm in the entire Beni basin, at the confluence with the Madre deDies river.

The mean procipitllion in the Beni IJld the Madre de Dios basins. as I whole, is 2060 mm.

TheMamor~ andean basin, with exeem valuesof480 mm in the most semi-arid zone 106000mm at. the Iocrof the Andes, receives I meanrainfallof7 .50 mm in the RloGunde basin and 3000 mmon the oriental werersheds. The AmI.ZOTt plain has rainfall between 800 mm in the RiO Grande basin.3000 mm in the Ichilo basin and 1900 mm I t the heed of the Madeira river. 'The increase in rainfallis rerrwk eble towlld the north(800 to 1900 mm) and to the west (JOOO- I900mm to 20Q0..4000 mm).The mean rainfall on the basin is estimated 1, 18.50 mm and 1.520 mmover !he entire Mamod buin.

The henez River basin receives rainfall as follows: 900 mm in the south. t 800 mm in the castand 1900 mm in the nonh cast, with I mean value estimared It 1375 mm.

The mean precipirarion on the upper Madeirl basin is 1705 mm.

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION

Evapotranspirl tion has been evaluat.ed in two wlys : the water balance.; by the differencebetween precipill tion and dischl1ge. fUl'TlisheJ a value of the ICtual eVlpOllanspirllion thl t has beencompared 10thl' obl:ained by formulas (Figure 2). According 10the recommendations of UNESCOfor the water balance of South America. the formula of 'Ihorruhweite or TlIl'c has been used for land.and of Penman for free-wner.

Interannual values very from 610 mm. in the semi-arid Rfo Grande buin where the waterdeficil is hig.h.to 1520 mm in the Orthon River basin, characterized by I very ni' relief. low drainageand rainy forest covering.The mean panofltleBeni River basin shows I value of eVlpotranspit llionof 780 mm. jusl I linle higher than !ha' of the previous basin. The ~aluation of 1220 mm. made for

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!he rain)' oriental basins of the Marrort River, inae~ the global valueorevepoeanspimlcn in theBoliyian andean part of the upper the Madeira River bum. where il is estimated al 800 mm.

The ICWal cyap:;xranspiration in the plain. u riu Irom 1075 mm to 1520 mm and tends le

increase from Sou!h le Nonh. This highesl value is similer to thaI evaluated al 1470 mm for theAmaoonian (oresl in French Guian. CReche, 1982 .. b).

The comparison of theevalull ions obtained by the rwo methods. shows differences includedbetween ZQ'O and14%, Evapotrarupiralion rem ains the most difficult ~aluation of the water balance,compared lO!he other temu that can bemore easily measured.

RUNOFF

The annual raindistribution,conditioned by the alternationof a rain)' season and adry season,deremlnes in the Andes and its piedmont, h)'drographsof multi-peaked floodswhich fusedowstreamto originate the large annual floodof lrOpical type, preceded or followedb)' puaJ] well·differentiatedfloods. The annual flood seems more and more defined from upstream le downstream of the largedrainage axis. h is more regulalcd and Ilartenedin the Mamort and Itenez Rivers mainly because oflonger courses and above all because of lateral extension of broad Ilcoded areas . This also explainsIhe delay of the floods of the Marrort and ltenez Rivers versus ihosc of the Bcni and Madre de DiosRivers. This can represent a two -month difference of phase [Roche and FernW el..]aUregui, 1986;

Boutges et al.. 1988).

These floods of a remarkable magnitude.extend oyersurnces in lheorderuf 100.000·150.000Jun', particularly in the Mamort and Irenez River basins. These are mainl)' produced sraning at !.heconfluence of the Chapare, Ichilo and Grande Rivers, and eIlendina up to the Mamoli and I'enez

Rivers.

Owing the flooding peri od. it appears !hal the whitish and turbid water of the upstreamtributaria is sufficient 10fill the bedof theMamor~ River which. having very slight slope, does nOIallow the prompt discharle of water of the upstream ui butaries and rainfall from the laleral plain.Floods on the plains, originating from local rains, arc transparent and reddish-bleck, The mixture or"white" and "brownish-black" water seems 10 take place gradually but thecolordifference makes itpossible 10distinguish lataal ttails, which indicate a longitudinal component of the drainage of theIlccd weee, The Irenez River, whichdces nordescendfrom highmountains, also drains large floodedareas carrying dell water. These floods take place from Ianuary10 May-June, their decay toward themain axis being dela)'ed downstream,

The Madeira at iu head isone of !he world largest rivers. wilh a mean interannual volume of535x 10' m', l.e. 17,000 rn' S·l , 52%of which iscontributedby the Beni Riverand 48% by the MunoreRiyer (FigUfe 3). The Mean inlerannual conr.ribution of the Boliyian Andes refCesents132 x lot m' ,Le. 1170rn' S· l, Le. 25%of the lOLlI disdwsc oflhc Madeira. In Boliyiathe Andean basinof the BeniRiver exports the greatesl amccm (72 x 10' m' i.e. 13%), follo.....ed by the easern basin (evaluated 10~ 1 11 1()' m' ). The Andean basin of the Rio Gran;!e, withsemi-arid regime in its largestpart, supplies81 10' rn), only 1.5% of ....ater of the Madeira. To these inputs have le be added those of the PeruvianAndes which feed the upper Madre de Dies River.

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Like the Madeira. theBeni and the Mamore (bo th of same d ischarge) are also class ified as largerivers, grea ter than the Volg a River, the lar gest in Europe, and the Niger River, the second largest inAfrica . Th e Made ira represents almost haIr the discharge of the Congo River.

SALINITY

Th e low salinity observed at the limit of the glaciers, covering intrus ive rocks of the crest,increases quickly dcw strearn due 10 the dissolution o f altered or eveporitic varied rocks. Often, highcontents of sulph ate comes from gypsum dissolution as well as from the leachin g o f whitish pelliculareff lo rescences exuded by capillari ty from di fferent formations, especially from black schlsts (altera.tion of sulphure), The pollution by La Pez city is locally strong but disappe ars some hundreds ofkilom eters downs tream .

In the Amazon plain, the effects of the: climalohydrological regimes and of the vegetationprev ail over those o f lithology. h occurs a continuous dilution of the andc an inputs by the abundallland less mineralized water of the latera! yields. on Quaternary detr ital sediments. 1ne extreme typeo f waterof thc savannaand forest has sal inity among the lowest in the world( 13-20uS at 25 C). Filteredby vegetation, without turbulence, it shows great transparency. A prolonged contact with herbaceousthick vegetation, or with the forest that it soaks in the shallow nallands, IS well as with humus-beari ngand o ften hydromorphic soils, gives a brown -reddish co loration with I black gleam , originl ting thusthe name of "black water" , With low pH, they show high relative contents in potassium due tointerac tion with vegetation (Roche et al., 1986; Ouyot et al., 1988).

Th e global salinity o f the Madeir l River I1 its beginin g has been measured and ev aluated at59 mg j-l (Figure 3). It is a va lue higher than thl tof the Amazon, Ori noco, and Cong o Rivers evaluatedat 53 mg I-I, 52 mg 1.1, and 31 mg ) 1, respect ively (i n OIC.1980). The interannual salinity o f the Beni

(61 mg I·I) and Mamore (57 mg 1.1) are both similar.

Th e mean annual dissolved transport.. at the head of the M ade ira, reaches 32 x 1~ t, i. e. 1 ts-'. The Beni and Mamore River yield, each one. 17 x 1()6 t and 15 )( 10' t. An esti mation made foranother per iod (1983-1987) by Guyo t (1988), leads for the Madeira River to 41 ~ 10' t o f dissolvedions and silica . These values can be com pared 10 those of the Amazon River (290 x 10' I), Orinoco

(50 x 10' t), Co ngo (37 ~ 10' t). It represents 10.9% o f the Iotal load o f the Amazon.

In the Bcn l River bas in at itsconfluence with the Madred e Dios, the Andes (6O%0fthe surface)exports year ly 5.2 )( 10' (of ions , whereas the plain yields 1.6 x 10' L The tot al inpu t o f the Madre deDios River is evaluated a( 7 .1 x 10' ( of d issolved ions. At the co nfluence of the Madre de Dies andBenl Rivers. 60%o f the water inflo w arises from the firs t river, while thed issolved contributions arebetter balanced , close r 1050% for e ach river.

The conctbeuon of the Bolivian Andes is evaluated at 12.9 )( I f!' I (i.e. 80 t km·2) , with a meansalin ity o f 98 mg 1-1. and respec tive yields of 40% by the Beni River, 30% by the Orande River, and30% by the e aste rn watershed.

The Upper Madeira wa ter curies in solution mainly bicarbonates (61%), su lphate (14% ),sodi um (5%), magnesiwn (5%) , and potassium (4%).

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CONCLUSION

Theupper MadeiraRiver, in its Andean lltld plain basins, hasyet an importantrole for the yieldof .... ter and dissolved mallQ Ihrough the Amazon and the AtlCltic Ocean. The contribution toAmazon River ttanspon(175,000rn' 5.1and 9.215.1)is 9.1% for ...uer. and 10.9% Icrdlsscfved jons,

while the smace involved repreeenu 12.1% of theentire hydrologicalsystem. Thcseevalu81ions arethe first made in the buin as a whole.

In this large basin, evapotranspiration removes 1075 to 1155 mm (according to the "'ay ofevaluation),i .e.63 to 68% oflhe 1705mmof the precipitation. Then, nmaffascomplement. evlCuales33 to 37%, ICCOrding to the IWO ways of evaluation of acbJa! evapouanspiration. The losses areassumed allwo thirds by e\'.potranspiration, Ther egion includes high and cold mountains, semi-aridzones. and Ilcoded Slvannu and forest over tens of thousands of square k.ilometers for mwy monthtin the year. Tiling in account this greal variety oCfactors, the global \'alue is compatible with thoseof the AmlUOn, Orirloco. Pan n i. and San Francisco Riven , estimated at 49%, 48%, 72% and 70%(UNESCO, 1980) OT that on the continenu of the planet for which authors agree for vetues between60% and 65%. 1lW term of the water balance emphasizes the important phenomenonof recycling ofW . IQ ....por in the Amazon buin, even in the absence of thick forest,

Complementarynewdata are soon ready to bepublished by the pmCABslall' inclimatology,hydrology. hydrochemistry and sediment transporL But beyond these results and the necessity tolengthen theseries of da ta, the difrlculties andincertitudes of evaluating regional evapotranspiratioflremain. Theyjustify to eonmoe to cany out, by classical and u~lO-date technics, thorough studieaof this 10 imponanl term of tile water and enerlY balances. The regionaliution should be the guide.line of a new state of such studieS.

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