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Edgardo M. Latrubesse is a Professor at the Department of Geography and the Environment at University of Texas at Austin. His research is focused on fluvial geomorphology, mega-geomorphology, paleogeography, and river management.
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Research interests
Edgardo Latrubesse's main research interests include the Neogene paleogeography, paleohydrology and paleoecology of the tropics with emphasis on Tropical South America, geomorphology, hydrology of large rivers and the impacts of human activities on large fluvial systems and tropical biomes. He has conducted fieldwork in the Amazon basin, the Pampean region, the Bolivian Altiplano, the Brazilian savannas (Cerrado), the Chaco and the Llanos del Orinoco.Currently he develop as well research on the Mississippi river in USA. He worked extensively on some of the largest rivers of the continent, such as the Amazon, Negro, Madeira, Purús, Juruá, Araguaia, Paraná, Sao Francisco, Mississippi and others.