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Coastal Research Library 21, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-56179-0_8
Chapter 8
El Yali National Reserve: A System of Coastal
Wetlands in the Southern Hemisphere
Affected by Contemporary Climate Change
and Tsunamis
Manuel Contreras-López, Julio Salcedo-Castro, Fernanda Cortés-Molina,
Pablo Figueroa-Nagel, Hernán Vergara-Cortés, Rodrigo Figueroa-Sterquel,
and Cyntia E. Mizobe
Abstract El Yali is a complex wetlands system composed by more than 14 waterbodies, located in central Chile and delimited by two basins of the most important
rivers of the region. Among the waterbodies is a coastal lagoon, some estuaries,
artificial wetlands, salt mine and inner lagoons that were coastal lagoons in the past
but due to tectonic processes have been moved and raised to their current location.
M. Contreras-López (*)
Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Valparaíso, Chile
Centro de Estudios Avanzados, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Valparaíso, Chile
e-mail: manuel.contreras@upla.cl
J. Salcedo-Castro
Centro de Estudios Avanzados, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Valparaíso, Chile
e-mail: julio.salcedo@upla.cl
F. Cortés-Molina
Universidad de Playa Ancha, Valparaíso, Chile
e-mail: fernanda.cortes.molina@gmail.com
P. Figueroa-Nagel
Valparaíso, Chile
e-mail: pablofig@gmail.com
H. Vergara-Cortés
Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y de Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Valparaíso,
Valparaíso, Chile
e-mail: hernan.vergara@uv.cl
R. Figueroa-Sterquel
Instituto de Geografía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
e-mail: rodrigo.figueroa@pucv.cl
C.E. Mizobe
Programa Magister en Oceanografía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso,
Valparaíso, Chile
e-mail: cyntia.mizobe.a@mail.pucv.cl