Welcome to the Hydrology Laboratory – LabHidro!

The Hydrology Laboratory is intended to support hydrological studies, monitoring hydrological variables (rain, runoff, interception, infiltration and evapotranspiration) and sedimentological variables (water erosion and sediment transport) and environmental modeling of hydrogeomorphological processes.

The main objective is to understand the interactions between hydrological, geomorphological and biological processes in watersheds.

Area of expertise: Environmental Analysis and Management, ‘Natural’ Disasters, Surface Hydrology, Hydrosedimentology and Hydrogeomorphology.

Last weekend, on May 16, 2026, students from the Geography Bachelor’s program at Unicentro integrated theory and practice through an enriching field activity focused on the study of environmental disasters.

The participation strengthens the university’s role in global climate change research, fostering international scientific collaboration.

New publication from LabHidro highlights the impacts of land use changes on the dynamics of ecosystem services.

New scientific publication from LabHidro contributes to the understanding of hydrosedimentary processes at river confluences.

Article published in the journal Earth Systems and Environment:  “Beyond Intensity: How Rainfall Accumulation Patterns Drive Flood Disaster Characteristics in Southern Brazil”, resulting from a scientific collaboration between LabHidro and the University of Torino.

The LabHidro congratulates our colleague Ezequias Rodrigues dos Santos on the defense of his doctoral dissertation entitled “Influence of epiphytes on stemflow and nutrient cycling in mixed ombrophilous forest in Southern Brazil”