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Submitted March 22, 2022
Published 2022-04-01

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Vol. 6 No. 2 (2022): Revista Científica Guacamaya

Pluviometric variability and Andean knowledge in the Cordillera del Vilcanota Cusco-Peru

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Published: 2022-04-01

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Rado Cuchills, M. S., Zúñiga Negrón, J. J., Mattos Ojeda, E. S., & Rado Vilca, B. J. (2022). Pluviometric variability and Andean knowledge in the Cordillera del Vilcanota Cusco-Peru. Revista Científica Guacamaya, 6(2), 1–17. Retrieved from https://revistas.up.ac.pa/index.php/guacamaya/article/view/2826
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Abstract

Starting in 2010, we were lucky enough to contact high mountain alpaca residents to involve them in a network of rainfall observations at the foot of the glaciers of the Cordillera del Vilcanota (Cusco, Peru). The objective of the study was to correlate the instrumented record of rainfall variability and the knowledge that the high Andean inhabitants have about the climatic variations of their environment. To collect rainfall information, five recording points were installed in areas close to the glaciers of the Vilcanota chain. The task of recording the information fell on the alpaqueros themselves, who did the work during the years 2011 - 2017. To gather the knowledge of the high Andean inhabitants about climate variability, unstructured interviews were applied.

The main finding was that the rainfall measurements, which show variations in regularity, intensity, seasonality and type, are perfectly related to the interpretations that the alpaca settlers have about the climate of their surroundings. In other words, both instrumented measurements and local knowledge have identified the variability of rainfall in the glaciers of the Vilcanota Mountain Range.

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