Geocomplexos: delimitação e caracterização das unidades de paisagem do município de Serra Negra do Norte- RN

Abstract

This article discusses the universal taxonomic system for classifying landscapes, with the aim of delimiting and mapping the landscape units of the municipality of Serra Negra do Norte-RN, using the geocomplex scale. The mapping, carried out at a scale of 1:100,000, identified three geocomplexes: semi-arid river plains, residual and structural crystalline plateaus and the Piranhas hinterland. The study was based on geospatial information on the geocomplexes map, obtained from satellite image and radar interpretation, which were essential for making the vegetation cover, hypsometer, pedological, lithological and land use and occupation maps. In this way, it was possible to delimit the three geocomplexes in the municipality of Serra Negra do Norte.