Abstract

CASTRO MENDEZ, Carlos Enrique  and  AGUALIMPIA DUALIBY, Yolima del Carmen. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MAP OF GEOPEDOLOGY AS A BASIS FOR DELIMITING ECOSYSTEM UNITS A NATIONAL LEVEL IN COLOMBIA. rev.udcaactual.divulg.cient. [online]. 2017, vol.20, n.1, pp.175-185. ISSN 0123-4226.

Geopedology corresponds to the integration between geomorphology and soil science and this concept is applied in Colombia to interpret the information of soil for generating thematic maps that can be displayed on different scales; a recent application of the geopedology is the definition of pedological zone as the substrate that supports terrestrial ecosystems and is part of the environment because it serves to allow the energy flows between mulches and living things. This article presents a reflection on the role that historically has had the soils information in the Colombian context and its contribution to environmental science; a historical development is done about soil information to analyze its integration in the Instituto Geográfico Agustín Codazzi (IGAC) for over seventy years and how the continuous improvement has allowed the theoretical approach and the delimitation of ecosystems are close to each other to two scales: national and overall. Soil science has had little recognition in the development of recent reports related to the environment, so it is important that concepts and work done by experts in soils are shown; it is equally important that result obtained in the investigation performed by the research group Progasp, related to the topic of scales and representation of variables which allow display environmental reality and the processes that are advancing in Colombia.

Keywords : Geomorphology; pedology; ecosystem and soil genesis.

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