Quantificação das classes de erosão por tipo de uso do solo no município de Franca - SP

Environment impacts caused by farming activities on agricultural management can be evidenced when the land use is analyzed. Some studies had demonstrated that, the information of the land use from photographic images is essential for identifying the erosive process, indispensable aspect in planning for better land management. In this work, using photointerpretation techniques, the measurement of the erosion classes in Franca Municipality - SP, Brazil, was carried through, relating them with the land uses. The BASE - Aerofotogrametria e Projetos S.A. took the used air photograph collection, with the approach scale of 1:35.000, in October of 1990. The thematic map of land use and the occurrence of classes of erosive process were elaborated and the relations between them were analyzed. The Municipality of Franca is relatively conserved, showing 74.23% of the area with sheet and rill erosion. Different land use had influenced the manifestation of the erosive process.