Use of the geographic information system GIS/INPE for environmental characterization of the microbasin of Taquara creek watershed, DF, Brazil

Authors

  • Edson Eyji Sano "Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária.
  • Maria Lúcia Meirelles
  • Eduardo Delgado Assad "Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa Tecnológica em Informática para a Agricultura.
  • Lucimar Moreira
  • Jamil Macedo
  • Dimas Vital Siqueira Resck "Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Centro de Pesquisa Agropecuária dos Cerrados.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab1991.v26.3506

Keywords:

land use, water conservation management, digital overlay

Abstract

This study aimed to characterize land feature of the microbasin of Taquara Creek Watershed, (DF), at a scale of 1:20,000, through the use of the SGI/INPE geocoded information system. The study area corresponds to the pilot watershed for the Federal District in Brazil on the Ministry of Agriculture's National Program for Small Watersheds As an aid to rational land use planning in the basin through the use of soil and water conservation management practices, this characterization was obtained through the digital overlay of 224 combinations of soil classes, slope classes, and current land use classes. The SGI/INPE geocoded information system proved to be an important tool, principally for the facility for automatic overlaying and for the integration of data involving complex operations, resulting in increased accuracy of the final product and time saved in relation to traditional analysis methods.

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Published

1991-10-01

How to Cite

Sano, E. E., Meirelles, M. L., Assad, E. D., Moreira, L., Macedo, J., & Resck, D. V. S. (1991). Use of the geographic information system GIS/INPE for environmental characterization of the microbasin of Taquara creek watershed, DF, Brazil. Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira, 26(10), 1635–1645. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab1991.v26.3506

Issue

v.26, n.10, out. 1991

Section

REMOTE SENSING