Research

investigation phase

RIVERSIDE INVESTIGATION PROTOCOL "LET'S TALK ABOUT RIVERS"

With the help of the environmental association of our locality AMECO, we went to the river to collect samples and complete a protocol of the state of the Guadalquivir river.

In this protocol we must analyze different parameters:

+ Physical-chemical parameters: flow, width, existence or not of stagnant water.

+ Organoleptic parameters: color, flavor, temperature, acidity,

+ Biological parameters: it is undoubtedly the most extensive, and the state of the riparian forest is analyzed with a series of indices. We leave you all the information in the following document, which is the summary and the interpretation that we made on our way out to the river.

Protocolo ribera.pdf

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SATELLITE DATA

EO BROWSER

EO BROWSER is a platform within the Copernicus project, which allows us to access images from a series of satellites where they throw us varied images to be able to interpret them.

The "True Color" normal color layers are unretouched satellite images.

The "Moisture Index" layer that is used to determine the water content of vegetation and to monitor droughts.

“True Color”. We have selected images from the month of May from the years 2017 to 2021. The reason is to compare how Andújar, the Guadalquivir river and part of its countryside are after the months where it should hypothetically rain.

“Moisture Index". We have selected images from the month of May from the years 2017 to 2021.

"True Color". We have selected images for a year to see how the landscape changes from a satellite view of Andújar and its river. The selected images range from April 2021 to April 2022.

“Moisture Index" We have selected images for a year to see how the landscape changes from a satellite view of Andújar and its river. The selected images range from April 2021 to April 2022.

TEMPERATURE DATA

Data extracted from the State Meteorological Agency

PRECIPITATION DATA

Rainfall in recent years in the Guadalquivir area.

The rainfall present throughout the hydrological year is 47% lower than the historical average, in addition, the average rainfall recorded in February was 80% lower than the historical average.

anual precipitation

mensual precipitations

However, this year the rainfall registered in March in the Guadalquivir basin is 69% above the historical average.

RESERVOIRS OF THE HEAD

OF THE GUADALQUIVIR RIVER

SENIOR STAFF TESTIMONIALS

We have asked elderly people from our locality what relationship they had in the past with our river. Here are some testimonials:

Grandmother 1: Before, we used to take a bucket, put the dishes inside, go to the edge of the stream and wash them there.

We bought the fish and cleaned them there too.

We washed our clothes and if we got thirsty we drank from the stream too.

We made dams in the stream with clumps of grass and made pools to bathe in.

Grandmother 2: Before, almost everything was done in the river because the water was clean, clear and good and now it's a mess, I think the River is even infectious from the water it carries, before it was a source of life and now it's hardly It's not even good for watering.