ImpactU Versión 3.11.2 Última actualización: Interfaz de Usuario: 16/10/2025 Base de Datos: 29/08/2025 Hecho en Colombia
Procesos generadores de movimientos de remoción en masa tipo avenidas torrenciales y su relación con la geomorfología. Caso: la microcuenca el Guamal (Ibagué-Tolima, Colombia)
Geomorphology is essential in the analysis of the occurrence of mass removal movements (MRM) and torrential floods (AT) in watersheds. For this reason, a study was developed in the El Guamal micro watershed, a tributary of the Combeima River (Tolima, Colombia), aiming correlate morphometry, morphogenesis and morphodynamics with the occurrence of important hydroclimatic events in the Combeima basin. A morphodynamic structurally controlled by the local neotectonic was found, which printed V-shaped valleys and abrupt slopes on the geological units’ surface into the upper and middle part of the micro watershed, and generated unstable and potentially sediment producer zones. The micro watershed geomorphology, jointed to rainy periods, or shorter but high atypical intensity rainfalls, may saturate the soils, increase the pore pressure and start a MRM. Other possible Other possible scenario on that conditions is the generation of runoff with potential to mobilize sediments to the low river beds and start after sudden torrential avenues. These events represent a significant threat to people and physical infrastructure in the area, mainly Juntas town, belonging to the municipality of Ibagué (Colombia).