the Mantaro River is considered
one of the most important rivers of the Peruvian Andes, due to its capacity
for electricity generation, and agricultural and livestock production.
According to Amézquita et al. (1998), Peru is one of the Andean
countries that have presented various problems associated with erosion,
wherein the first attempt to assess its occurrence was done by
Morales et al. (1977). Since then, there were the studies from Alegre
et al. (1990) to Romero (2005); however, there has been a scarcity of research
aimed at evaluating the character of soil erosion in the country.
Accelerated climate change has been recorded in recent decades. According
to the IPCC (2013),