EL RÍO: UN PROTAGONISTA OCULTO EN EL DIÁLOGO DE LAS AGUAS

Abstract The aim of this article is to highlight the role of the rivers in relevant environmental dialogues of the XX and XXI centuries, identifying how the river is contextualized in the dialogues regarding water worldwide and how much some of the rivers of world, regional and local relevance have changed in the same period. The main goal is to identify the possibility to convert the history of the water environment into an applicable instrument for the fluvial water management. To this, an analysis of different taxonomic, diplomatic, visual and oral sources was carried out. From the analysis, it was possible to conclude that the environmental history of rivers and their interaction with the river basin where they are inserted can be interpreted as indicators of the relation of rivers with existing broader environmental changes, identifying them as protagonists in the history of the people and of their villages and cities of residence.