Google earth™ as a tool to support the preliminary studies of fluvial geomorfology: a case study in the vila maria ribbon, garanhuns (pe)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26895/geosaberes.v9i18.656

Abstract

The virtual globes are enabling a new way of seeing the planet Earth. For the geomorphologists these images are presented as a tool to analyze the landforms, to obtain data of landscape recognition or to measure, preliminarily, qualitative and quantitative variablesThis article aims to evaluate the potential of the Google Earth software in the analysis of fluvial channels from a qualitative environmental perspective of the Vila Maria stream, in the outskirts of the city of Garanhuns-PE. This evaluation is based on the identification of the fluvial style of this creek. This one is a headwater streams, with partially confined valley, bed load with medium granulometry and course with tendency to straightness. A methodology allowed to obtain satisfactory preliminary results.

Author Biographies

George Pereira de Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

Mestrando do Programa de Pós-graduação em Geografia da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE).

Carlos de Oliveira Bispo, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

Doutorando do Programa de Pós-graduação em Geografia da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE).

Dario Alencar do Nascimento, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

Mestrando do Programa de Pós-graduação em Geografia da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE).

Osvaldo Girão da Silva, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

Doutor em Geografia (Planejamento e Gestão Ambiental) pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (2007). Professor do Programa de Pós-graduação em Geografia da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE).

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24/04/2018
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OLIVEIRA, George Pereira de et al. Google earth™ as a tool to support the preliminary studies of fluvial geomorfology: a case study in the vila maria ribbon, garanhuns (pe). Geosaberes, Fortaleza, v. 9, n. 18, p. 1 - 10, apr. 2018. ISSN 2178-0463. Available at: <http://www.geosaberes.ufc.br/geosaberes/article/view/656>. Date accessed: 26 apr. 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.26895/geosaberes.v9i18.656.
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