Impact of changes in average temperature and land cover on components of the water balance in the Teatinos River basin, Páramo Rabanal, Colombia

In the national context, there are studies that confirm change in average temperature Colombian páramos motivates expansion of agricultural frontier and expansive livestock farming violates ecosystem services hydrographic basins. Therefore, present study effect climate on land cover various components water balance River Teatinos basin Rabanal páramo was evaluated, which is important from point view biodiversity supply for city Tunja. This evaluation carried out with construction distributed where real evapotranspiration identified depending vegetation were characterised through remote sensing tools. The climatic analysis indicates increase explains 62% registered rainfall 47.2% advance forest cover. (open gallery forest) generates contraction grass 75%-reduction area coverage explained by forest. It obtained crop did not have a significant change. relation to impact availability, no observed because precipitation offset an evapotranspiration, indicating possible mechanisms resilience phenomenon global