This study aims at offering unique contribution to Mantaro river
basin, a typical basin located in the tropical Andes, whose glaciers are
highly vulnerable to climate change. The basin is part of the headwaters
of the largest river basin in the world, the Amazon River. Despite the dif-
ficulty recognized with some databases due to the lack of minimally investigative
studies or hydro-climatic monitoring, the results of this
study have significant potential to motivate further studies and to
alert on the water erosion problem linked to climate change in one of
the most sensitive regions of the world from both environmental and
socio-economic points of view.