Morphoclimatic zones and their contribution to the delimitation of the climate: The case of the agricultural border and the páramo de Güicán in Boyacá, Colombia

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https://doi.org/10.5216/ag.v15i3.67354

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It was considered necessary to review the methodological and conceptual approaches used for more than four decades and that affect the mapping of the environmental climate, which is key in the delimitation of soils on a semi-detailed scale. A procedure was applied that improves the limits of the climatic units used in the soil surveys following the principle of climatic zoning based on the humidity condition according to Holdridge. This representation of the environmental climate was designed on a semi-detailed scale and through geomatic processes with the application of a quantitative method based on the climatological normal 1980 - 2010. Within this context, the objective of this research was to apply this knowledge to propose border adjustments agriculture for 69 Colombian municipalities and show its usefulness in the implementation of ecosystem services and public policies. Thematic consistency should begin with the knowledge acquired during the elaboration of the soil cartography and in the improvement of the procedures when that representation is closer to the terrain.

Keywords: Morphoclimatic Zones, Agricultural Frontier, Soil Survey, Cartographic Representation.

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2021-12-20

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CASTRO MÉNDEZ, C. E.; AGUALIMPIA DUALIBY, Y. del C. Morphoclimatic zones and their contribution to the delimitation of the climate: The case of the agricultural border and the páramo de Güicán in Boyacá, Colombia. Ateliê Geográfico Journal, Goiânia, v. 15, n. 3, p. 6–26, 2021. DOI: 10.5216/ag.v15i3.67354. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/atelie/article/view/67354. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.

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