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- Title
Morphometric characterization of the Mole River basin in Vitoria da Conquista - BA.
- Authors
Vieira Cândido, Pedro Henrique; Lacerda Lemos, Odair; Meinicke Nascimento, Flávia; Lemos Moreira, Giselle; Oliveira, Edvaldo
- Abstract
The present study aimed the morphometric characterization of the Verruga River basin. The studied area is located in the city of Vitória da Conquista - BA, between the geographic coordinates 14°48' to 15°18' latitude S and 40°56' to 40°32' longitude, WGr, and average 700 m altitude. From the estimate of some physical parameters, the results presented a basin of 4th order with area of 883.38 km2, low drainage density of 0.77 km km-2; average declivity of 19.63%, presenting areas with flat terrain to gently undulating, and also areas with mountainous to steep relief; channel gradients of 1.43% declivity of the water courses. It presented circularity index of 0.44 and shape factor of 0.29, indicating that the studied basin has elongated shape. The sinuosity index of 1.39 indicates tendencies to slightly sinuous channels, the compactness coefficient under value of 1.48 and the extension of the superficial course of 641.0 m, which results in a good water infiltration in normal conditions, favoring the basin conservation.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; WATERSHEDS; MORPHOMETRICS; HYDROGRAPHY
- Publication
Brazilian Journal of Applied Technology for Agricultural Science / Revista Brasileira de Tecnologia Aplicada nas Ciências Agrárias, 2014, Vol 7, Issue 3, p17
- ISSN
1983-6325
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5935/PAeT.V7.N3.02