Abstract

DA SILVA SANTOS, Marquilene; ARAUJO DE FREITAS, Gilvonete Maria  and  FURRIER, Max. Geomorphological Mapping of the Area Corresponding to the Alhandra and Pitimbu Leaves 1:25.000, in the States of Paraíba and Pernambuco (Northeastern Brazil). Cuad. Geogr. Rev. Colomb. Geogr. [online]. 2015, vol.24, n.1, pp.73-86. ISSN 0121-215X.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rcdg.v24n1.38974.

In order to carry out the geomorphological mapping of the area encompassed by the Alhandra and Pitimbu Leaves, the taxonomic methodology for relief was adopted. The 1:25.000 scale made it possible to identify six taxa: Pernambuco-Paraíba Sedimentary Basin (1^st taxon); Coastal Tableland, Coastal Lowlands and Abiaí Depression (2^nd taxon); denudational (tabular, convex and semi-convex) and aggradational (intertidal, marine and fluvial plains; marine and fluvial terraces and colluviums) morphological units (in the 3^rd and 4^th taxa); rectilinear slopes (5^th taxon); and the smallest mappable forms: gullies, folds and faults (6^th taxon). The importance of this research project is its possible contribution to environmental planning.

Keywords : Alhandra; formation of barriers; geomorphological mapping; Pitimbu; taxa.

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