Open AccessGeoenvironmental compartmentation in the municipality of São Vicente do Sul, RS, Brazil
Author(s) -
Luís Eduardo de Souza Robaina,
Romário Trentin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
terr@ plural
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1982-095X
pISSN - 1981-6537
DOI - 10.5212/terraplural.v.15.2113645.008
Subject(s) - floodplain , compartmentalization (fire protection) , butte , geography , unit (ring theory) , hydrology (agriculture) , forestry , environmental protection , archaeology , geology , cartography , biology , biochemistry , mathematics education , mathematics , geotechnical engineering , enzyme
Landscape studies and compartmentalization through shapes, defined by relief, and composition understood as elements of rocky substrate and soils integrate information of use and occupation are fundamental to understand geomorphological dynamics and assist in the management and planning of agricultural and urban areas. The present work aims at the geoenvironmental compartmentalization of the São Vicente do Sul municipality, through combinations of elements in a GIS environment. The study identifies four units and five subunits geoenvironmental defined: Floodplain Units subdivided into Ibicuí floodplain, Jaguari floodplain, Toropi floodplain; Hills Unit with fields and crops and with Forestry; Buttes of the São Vicente do Sul resulting from the regressive erosion and; Urban Unit.