CARACTERIZAÇÃO MORFOMÉTRICA DA BACIA HIDROGRÁFICA DO RIO FARINHAS-PB ATRAVÉS DE DADOS SRTM

Abstract

The collection of information on the geographical distribution of natural resources and human activities has always been an important part of the activities of organized societies. Until the second half of the last century, retrar, the data collection techniques were limited and the information collection procedures were made using only documents and paper maps. This made it difficult an analysis that combines a variety of information on the Earth's surface. From the development of computer technologies it has become possible to store and represent information in computer environment, making room for the improvement of geoprocessing. In this context the aim of this study perform the morphometric characterization of the river basin Flours, using SRTM images, and from the data generated make an analysis of comparison with data from the topographic map of the Paraíba state government. The area obtained from the basin was 743.76 km2, circularity index, average slope of the river 0.0047% ,. It was observed that the use of GIS tools that can generate results that will help the management of water resources in the region, and proved a practical and viable tool in generating results.