Use of GIS in the study of land cover in the semiarid Brazilian
Keywords:
semiarid, geoprocessing, social researchAbstract
The sub Watershed Farinha river (PB) located in the central-western state of Paraiba, limited to the geographic coordinates 07 ° 01'39 "to 07 ° 16'50" south latitude and 36 ° 43'41 "37 ° 16'28" longitude west of Greenwich, an area of 8158 km2. With the use of satellite imagery was classified eight land cover categories: closed scrub shrub tree, shrub open wooded savanna, anthropogenic (open shrub savanna), rocky outcrops, urban, landfill, mining, water bodies. Levels prevailed scrub shrub and tree anthropism total of ninety-six percent of area.Downloads
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2012-07-27
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Assis, F. R. V., Lima, J. R., Mendonça, I. F. C., Silva, J. E. R., Santos, H. C. M., & Medeiros, J. X. (2012). Use of GIS in the study of land cover in the semiarid Brazilian. Scientia Plena, 8(4(b). Retrieved from https://scientiaplena.org.br/sp/article/view/1009
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