LANDSCAPES COMPARTMENTATION OF CAMPO AZUL MUNICIPALITY IN NORTH MINAS GERAIS

Abstract

The objective of this work is tounders tand how geological and geomorphological
factors conditioned the natural landscapes compartmentation of the municipal ity of
Campo Azul. There fore, it was prepared a methodological script in three different
levels: in the first level, cartographic materials were the basis for the preliminary
analysis; in the second moment, it was carried out fieldwork in order to validate the
information previo usly raised. In the third step, theef forts focused on the analysis of
landscapes, regarding to its interaction sand occurrence patterns. It concludes that the
determining factors for this compartmentation were the geological and
geomorphological ones. It high lights there life planning event sandth e process of
dissecting of these surf acesby thehy drographics tream of the basin sof Pacuí and
Paracatu rivers, which drain the municipality.