IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RIPARIAN COMPOSITION IN BASIN STREAM TABOCA, IN THREE CITY PONDS – MS

Abstract

This work is to study the area of the Basin Taboca Stream located in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul that is part of the sub-basin Sucuriú River, which is formed by the basin of the Paraná River, it is one of river basin districts that make up our country. The same has enormous relevance to the functioning of the natural system, which involves the fauna, flora, atmosphere, hydrosphere, among other components. Identifying this area as a planning unit and open system, we aim to carry out the identification and qualitative characterization of fragile areas near the river, which must be kept as Permanent Preservation Areas - APP. For this, scales measurements were made on 20m, 60m, 100m, 170m, 210m and 250m away from the watercourse through records in the field applying the methodology proposed by Silva (2003), which suggests effective natural environments the preservation and conservation of fauna and flora directly contributing to the watercourse water (quality and quantity). Then, the data were manipulated through the use of software SPRING 5.2 and 2.8.1 QGIS both national and easy to handle, by means of the tool "distance map" SPRING 5.2 software was possible to classify points analysis and map riparian vegetation such as: riparian Forest, Woods Gallery, Palustre vegetation and vegetation Absence to make a qualitative analysis of the landscape through the photo exhibition of the collection points on the identification tables. It was concluded that the BHCT presented predominance of Riparian Forest and Forest preserved Gallery in the Upper Course. In the middle course, there was a predominance of Palustre vegetation and, finally, in the Lower Course there was vegetation Absence of Natural from the minimum distance of 20 meters from the watercourse.