Location: states of Goiás & Mato Grosso do Sul Map
Area: 1320 sq km
Emas National Park is a protected park in thestates of Goiás & Mato
Grosso do Sul and Brazil. It covers an area of 1320 sq km. Emas
National Park is a Brazilian nature conservation unit located in
the southwest of the state of Goiás. The park covers an area of
132,000 ha, distributed by the municipalities of Mineiros,
Chapadão do Céu, and part of Costa Rica. (Mato Grosso do Sul).
Created through Decree No 49.874, issued 11th The first
parameter is required, but it was supplied incorrectly! [[1980]]
by the then President of the Republic, Juscelino Kubitschek, had
its limits later revised by Decree 70.375 of April 6, 1972. The
park preserves the various springs of the Jacuba and Formoso
rivers, tributaries of the Paranaíba river of the basin. of the
Paraná river.
Access to the park can be made by
Serranópolis, Chapadão do Céu, or by Miners. It is currently
administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity
Conservation (ICMBio).
Climate
The UC
region is characterized by the Tropical Climate , which includes
almost all of the Midwest Region , with a warm climate, ranging
from humid to semi-arid , with up to five months of drought.
According to the Köppen classification , the region fits
into the AW type, characteristic of tropical humid climates,
with two well-defined seasons: dry in winter and humid in
summer.
Annual precipitation ranges between 1,200 and
3,000 mm and the duration of the dry period between 5 and 6
months. The rainfall total annual ranges 2000-3000 mm north of
Mato Grosso , decreasing to West and South, where this value
reaches levels around 1,500 mm west of Goiás and 1,250 mm in the
Pantanal .
Despite this inequality, the region is well
stocked with rainfall. Its seasonality is typically tropical,
with maximum in summer and minimum in winter. More than 70% of
the total rainfall accumulated during the year rains from
November to March. In winter, rainfall is very rare, having at
least one excessively dry month. To the south and northeast of
Mato Grosso, July is the driest month. As one moves inland, the
dry season increases, reaching up to four months. In the
northwest and south of Goiás the drought is four months, while
in the northeast increases to five months.
Hydrography
The hydrographic network of the PNE's catchment area is
comprised of the Paranaíba river basins , one of the Paraná
river tributaries , the Araguaia / Tocantins river basin and the
Paraguay basin .
The PNE is located in Alto Paranaíba, in
the Corrente river basin with about 7,300 km², has a
predominantly elongated shape, with an average width of about 20
km, except for its headlands, in the PNE, where the dividers
move considerably, reaching about 60 km wide.
Due to the
peculiar shape of its basin, the Corrente River does not present
any other relevant tributary (besides its formators, the Formoso
and Jacuba rivers), along the 450 km of its course. Part of the
contribution area of the Araguaia river springs is located in
the PNE, as well as in its Buffer Zone, where the Taquari
springs , a tributary of the Paraguay River , are included .
Geology
The geology of the southern region is
represented by a pile of relatively homogeneous sediments and
associated volcanic rocks , deposited in the Paraná Synéclise or
sedimentary basin .
The PNE area is supported by sandy
sediments of the Bauru Group ( Adamantina Formation ), exposed
in its northeast portion, due to the notch of the Jacuba river
valley.
The relief and geomorphology of the PNE is
inserted in the Northern Plateau of the Paraná Sedimentary
Basin, comprising residual tabular forms in the elevated
portions, partially eroded and dissected along the largest
valleys.
The elevated portions are large plateaus covered
by latosols and quartz sands, originally occupied by a mosaic of
vegetal physiognomies characteristic of the Cerrado biome. Small
forms of river accumulation complete the landscape, dominated by
relatively high flat land.
The soils result from the
weathering action on the pre-existing rocks and are associated
with the relief forms established therein.