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Digital terrain analysis: tool for pedoform identification in the “Mar de Morros” watershed (MG)

Gabriela A. Ippoliti R., Liovando Marciano da Costa, Carlos Ernesto G. R. Schaefer, Elpidio Inacio Fernandes Filho, Marcelo Reschutzegger Gaggero

01/Apr/2005

This study reports on the use of GIS (Geographical Information System) tools for identifying and mapping landform units and soilscapes in a case study of a watershed in the region of Viçosa, Minas Gerais state, based on a topographical base map at a 1:50000 scale. Field work was undertaken to estimate the degree of accuracy of landform units / soilscape identification, obtaining an agreement of 72 % between the automatic and field work classification, and to correlate obtained soilscapes with dominant soil […]