“…Such rivers show extremely large spatial variability in sedimentary features and rapid responses to upstream changes, including the construction of check-dams and land cover changes (Brooks and Brierley, 1997;Kondolf et al, 2002;Marston et al, 2003;Liébault et al, 2005;Boix-Fayos et al, 2007;Keesstra, 2007;García-Ruiz and Lana-Renault, 2011;Segura-Beltrán and Sanchis-Ibor, 2013). Torrential rivers, or torrents, are particular types of mountain rivers, with longitudinal gradients >5%, unstable geological formations, and sediment dominated by boulders and blocks that enter the streambed mainly through debris flows and landslides (Rickenmann, 1997;Benda et al, 2005;D'Agostino, 2013;Picco et al, 2014). Torrents are generally short, and can be affected by large variability in discharge and the occurrence of sudden floods with very destructive capacity (White et al, 1997).…”