Cartografia geomorfológica na região da alta bacia do Rio Pomba: mapeamento do relevo como subsídio à compreensão da morfogênese regional.

Abstract

The increasing interest in the representation of the aspects of the relief has as justification the wide range of possibilities of application of the products coming from this cartographic technique when it comes to planning. In view of this, the demand for cartographic documents that subsidize relief intervention processes has increased. This growing attention given to geomorphological cartography in environmental research has culminated in a subsidy not only to Geomorphology specifically, but also to the various sciences that involve the most distinct spheres of planning. Faced with this reality, efforts to research and develop geomorphic maps and geomorphic charts on a high level of detail are becoming of great importance, aiming at supporting the decision-making process at the local level, about the spatial arrangement and types of intervention that may or may not be developed in the environment in question. Thus, the present dissertation has as general objective the elaboration of the geomorphological chart of the river basin of the rio Novo, trying to be able to subsidize future researches that aim at the understanding of the processes and factors responsible for the conformation of the local relief. As specific objectives, it is intended that it can support the decision-making process geared to planning in the Zona da Mata Mineira, and may also provide basic input data for other surveys. The methodology adopted for the achievement of the aforementioned objectives concerns the proposal elaborated within the scope of the IBGE, whose basic principle is the ordering of geomorphological facts according to a classification that takes into account temporal and spatial aspects, and which makes possible the distinction of those modeled as a unit as well as the groupings that maintain hierarchical relationships with these basic units. In this way, the types of modeling were identified, being later differentiated and characterized according to factors intrinsic to its structural, lithological, pedological, climatic and morphodynamic nature. As a way to expand the understanding of the processes and dynamics conditioning the landscape's conformation, a morphostructural interpretation of the area was carried out, making possible the identification of five distinct regional morphostructural compartments that, in part, cover the core area of this research.