MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SANTA BÁRBARA RIVER WATERSHED, GOIÁS STATE, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Ana Paula Fioreze Semarh Goiás
  • Luiz Fernando Coutinho Oliveira Universidade Federal de Lavras
  • Alexandre Puglisi Barbosa Franco Universidade Federal de Goiás

Keywords:

Watershed, average rainfall, Geographic Information System

Abstract

A watershed is the place where every water or soil use made upstream reflects downstream. Because of that, it is the best geographic space for water resources management and planning. It is crucial to identify the geographic and topographic characteristics of a watershed, because those aspects affect its hydrological behavior. In this study, the main Santa Bárbara River watershed characteristics were obtained by using a Geographic Information System (GIS), on a 1:100,000 scale digital map, and satellite images. The procedure showed to be appropriate to obtain physiographic characteristics and average rainfall levels in small watersheds.

KEY-WORDS: Watershed; average rainfall; Geographic Information System.

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Author Biographies

Ana Paula Fioreze, Semarh Goiás

Engenheira Agrônoma, Mestre em Agronomia (Solo e Água). Gestão de Recursos Hídricos

Luiz Fernando Coutinho Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Lavras

Professor Adjunto da UFG/UFLA, Bolsista do CNPq,  Departamento de Engenharia

Alexandre Puglisi Barbosa Franco, Universidade Federal de Goiás

Engenheiro Agrônomo, mestrando em Agronomia pela Universidade Federal de Goiás

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Published

2010-05-26

How to Cite

FIOREZE, A. P.; OLIVEIRA, L. F. C.; FRANCO, A. P. B. MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SANTA BÁRBARA RIVER WATERSHED, GOIÁS STATE, BRAZIL. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical [Agricultural Research in the Tropics], Goiânia, v. 40, n. 2, p. 167–173, 2010. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/3931. Acesso em: 22 dec. 2024.

Issue

v. 40, n. 2, Apr./Jun. 2010

Section

Biosystems Engineering

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