PEDOENVIRONMENTAL UNITS OF THE SANTA TEREZA REGION, TOCANTINS STATE, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Helena Maria de Paula Santana Naturatins
  • Marilusa Pinto Coelho Lacerda Universidade de Brasília
  • Marco Aurélio Barros Geoambiente
  • Inara Oliveira Barbosa Universidade de Brasília

Keywords:

Tocantins State soils, agricultural suitability, pedoenvironment, environmental sustainability

Abstract

A sustainable environmental management, through a joint vision of natural resources, has been adopted for monitoring land sustainability, particularly those with agricultural use. This work aimed the characterization and definition of pedoenvironmental units, to provide subsidies to the development of sustainable land use plans, through the characterization of the main soil classes found in the Santa Tereza region, Tocantins State, Brazil, and their relations with the relief, geology, agriculture suitability, and land use and occupation, with the use of geoprocessing techniques. In the area of study, a pedological transect, with characterization of seven soil representative profiles, was conducted. The soils were classified as Dystrophic Rhodustox, Distrophic Plintustox, Distrophic Haplustox, Distrophic Haplustept, Typic Troppsamment, and Distrophic Tropsaprent, and over 63.5% of the total area was covered with native vegetation. According to the agricultural suitability evaluation, lands were classified as 2(b)c, 4p, 4(p), 5(n), and 6, and four pedoenvironmental units were individualized: Rhodustox domain, Plintustox domain, Rocks domain + Haplustept, and Quartzipsamment domain + Tropsaprent.

KEY-WORDS: Tocantins State soils; agricultural suitability; pedoenvironment; environmental sustainability.

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Author Biographies

Helena Maria de Paula Santana, Naturatins

Mestre em Ciencias Agrarias UnB - Especilista em Geoprocessamento UnB -Geografa pela UFG - Servidora publica do estado do Tocantins.

Marilusa Pinto Coelho Lacerda, Universidade de Brasília

Professora adjunta da Faculdade de Agronomia da UnB.

Marco Aurélio Barros, Geoambiente

Mestre e Especialista em Sensoriamento Remoto; Graduado em Agronomia.

Inara Oliveira Barbosa, Universidade de Brasília

Doutoranda em Geociencias Aplicadas; Mestre em Ciencias Agrárias; Especialista em Geoprocessamento e Graduada em Geologia.

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Published

2010-03-02

How to Cite

SANTANA, H. M. de P.; LACERDA, M. P. C.; BARROS, M. A.; BARBOSA, I. O. PEDOENVIRONMENTAL UNITS OF THE SANTA TEREZA REGION, TOCANTINS STATE, BRAZIL. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical [Agricultural Research in the Tropics], Goiânia, v. 40, n. 1, p. 8–19, 2010. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/3839. Acesso em: 30 nov. 2024.

Issue

v. 40, n. 1, Jan./Mar. 2010

Section

Soil Science

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