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Water Resources Management in Small Mountain Watersheds in the Humid Tropics: The Hydrologic System of the Santo Tomas Cave System, Pinar del Rio, Cuba

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The Santo Tomas cave system is located in an area of tower karst, with rolling hills and valley streams. The Santo Tomas caves, near Pinar del Rio, Cuba, consist of about 47km of underground conduits, which have periodic contact with the five separate surface streams of the area. Four central principles of environmental management: legal control and regulation, administrative permits and licenses, economic impacts, and research and public education, are reviewed with regard to the Santo Tomas caves.

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León, L.F.M. (2013). Water Resources Management in Small Mountain Watersheds in the Humid Tropics: The Hydrologic System of the Santo Tomas Cave System, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. In: Farfán González, H., Corvea Porras, J., de Bustamente Gutiérrez, I., LaMoreaux, J. (eds) Management of Water Resources in Protected Areas. Environmental Earth Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16330-2_16

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