Propuesta de recuperación y manejo integral para la ciénaga el llanito del municipio de Barrancabermeja mediante una definición de su plan de manejo ambiental (pma)

Abstract

The El Llanito swamp is a body of water formed thanks to the water dynamics between the lagoon complex and the middle basin of the Magdalena River, through a set of pipes located in the middle zone of the Magdalena River valley. The El Llanito marsh and its ecosystem, thanks to its connection with the river, becomes a key determinant of life in the township of El Llanito and has an important influence on the municipality of Barrancabermeja, mainly for two reasons: Its buffering function of the river level in the rainy season, from April to November, which prevents excessive flooding in winter; and the ecological condition it obtains thanks to the exchange of water between ecosystems of the lentic type (the lagoons). (the lagoons) and lotic (the river) ecosystems, making it a habitat that shelters a great variety of fauna and flora, historically variety of fauna and flora, historically exploited by the inhabitants of Llanito, who have developed an entire economy around it.