Sustainability Perception of Lotic and Lentic Ecosystems in the Amazon Basin Through the Lens of a Local Community

Abstract

In the context of hydric resources distribution, Brazil holds the highest hydric availability on the planet, being responsible for almost all the total average change of water bed stream in South America. Brazil has an unequal distribution of its resources, specifically considering the Amazon basin, located in a region with low population density. Therefore, to study the lotic ecosystem is relevant, particularly in the Amazon region, to provide knowledge on lakes comprehension, i.e., naturally formed depression that stores freshwater, and hydrological conditions that play a key role in interactions with terrestrial processes, essential to sustain life through the quality of water in many igarapés (streams), i.e., small rivers. This ecosystem is part of the Earth's bloodstream, vital to individuals survival, as well as for nature balance, food and raw material provision, playing a crucial role in remote communities, namely those located in the Amazon Basin.Water is the second most important component of the Earth, in addition to air, used as irrigation for crops, cooling equipment, industrial chemical processes, city growth, hygiene, as geopolitical divider and means of connectivity, navigation, leisure and recreation (