1. REPRESENTAÇÃO CARTOGRÁFICA DA REDE HIDROGRÁFICA E SUAS LIMITAÇÕES NA QUANTIFICAÇÃO DE ÁREAS DE PRESERVAÇÃO PERMANENTE.
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de Biagi Cava, Mário Guilherme, Akiko Honda, Eliane, Pedrotti Tavares, Carolina, and Durigan, Giselda
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FIELD research , *RIVER channels , *PUBLIC institutions , *CITIES & towns , *NATIVE plants , *MAPS ,ENVIRONMENTAL protection planning - Abstract
Hydrographic network maps produced by government institutions have been used to delimit Permanent Preservation Areas (PPAs) in Brazil. However, problems arising from discrepancies between those maps and field survey are frequent. To characterize and quantify such discrepancies, whether methodological or due to the scale of the maps or temporal changes, we mapped the springs and watercourses in five rural properties (adding up to 10,860 ha, in the municipalities of Brotas and Ribeirão Bonito, SP). Those maps were then compared with the regional hydrographic network mapped by IBGE and IGC. We verified, for the study area, an oversizing of 157% in the number of springs and 83% in the length of watercourses by IBGE, and 209% in the number of springs and 84% in the length of watercourses by IGC. Consequently, there was an oversizing of PPAs. We therefore consider that such maps can be used as an approximate reference for the hydrographic network, although they cannot provide a basis for legal decisions or environmental planning if they are not duly corrected by field verification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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