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esearching this new kind of usage of the degraded areas and have been extremely
supportive of this practice.
Besides being an efficient tool for recovery of these areas, it is also an important
source of production of food, very rich in protein, low production cost and high degree
of environmental response. (PIEDRAS et al., 2005).
Materials and Methods
Location of Area
The area lies between the segments of the parallel of 11 ° to 12 ° S and meridians
61 º 00 ‘to 62 º 00’ WGr (RADAMBRASIL, 1978).
Description of the Area
The study aims at the recovery of an area of 17.65 ha based on the extraction of a
clay - deposit, located in Lot 01, Sector 09 Gleba Baron Melgaço, Pimenta Bueno, the
municipality belonging to Santa Maria Ceramics.
According to Socio-Economic Zoning (ZSE), the area of the mine is located in the
Sub-Area 1.1, has great potential and is already endowed with social infrastructure for
the development of industrial and agricultural activities.
Regarding the morph structure units, the region is classified as the degraded highlands
of the Western Amazonia. The largest area of this morphostructural unit is extended
from the left margin of the Madeira River and the area between the right margin
of the Machado River and the Serra do Machado. These areas are usually made up of
savannah vegetation that covers hydromorphic litters and recent sedimentary lithologies,
from the quaternary (RADAMBRASIL, 1978).
According to the study of Radambrasil (1978), the morph climatic unit that makes
up the area is characterized by interfluvial tabular reliefs and areas where the pediplane
eutrophic Cambisol and red yellow podzolic dominate. The climate of this area is attenuated
termoxeroquimenic. The red-yellow podzolic Alic soils, hydromorphic Alic
laterite, all with clay texture in flat terrain and under vegetation in contact with the Savannah/Open
Forest, give the region the possibility of developing the ceramic industry
because of the great potential of raw material available for this activity.
The drainage of the area is intense, of fine texture and dendritic type. Ji-Parana
River or Machado River rises from the junction of the Melgaço Baron River, also
named Comemoração de Floriano, and Apidiá River, named Pimenta Bueno, in the
Chapada dos Parecis. Its course has a length of 800 kilometers, crossing the cen-
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