THE SEDIMENT’S DINAMICS AND THE WATER FLOW VARIATION IN AN URBAN GULLY IN UBERLÂNDIA – MG

Abstract

A gully located in urban area of Uberlândia city - MG had been chosen as aresearch area. In this city, the gully is located in a district called Jardim Karaíba, which is inHydrographic Basin of the Lagoinha brook.Uberlândia is located in a region know as Cerrado (a kind of savanna). Thisregion shown sandy soils in the highest lands and organic soils in the bottom of the valleys(lowest lands), Sandstone of the Marília Formation and Basalts of the Serra Geral Formation,the most part of the vegetal species are grassy and bushs, the climate is the Wet Tropical(CWA, according to Cöpper) which holds a wet and hot season and other dry and with lowertemperatures (each season has a duration approximated of 6 months).