1. AMBIENTE MONTANHOSO E TURISMO EM PEDRO II, PIAUÍ.
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de Moura Fé Lima, Iracilde Maria and Teixeira Guerra, Antônio José
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HERITAGE tourism , *GEOGRAPHIC information systems , *MESOZOIC Era , *WINTER festivals , *INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems , *MOUNTAIN soils - Abstract
This paper aims to present the Matões' plateau, ecotourism and its relations with the culture in Pedro II Municipality Piauí State. This plateau consists of a secondary slope, shaped on the back of Ibiapaba regional slope, on the eastern border of Parnaíba Sedimentary Basin. In this mountainous environment the visitation is growing for presenting natural landscapes of singular beauty, in addition to cultural attractions such as the Winter Festival and the handicraft. The relationships between the geological structure and the local relief forms were studied; and the influences between the natural landscapes and the culture for the tourist attraction. Was did the literature review; fieldwork; maps interpretation, photographs and satellite images processed in Geographic Information System - GIS. It was identified that the local relief still bears close relation with the geological elements inherited from the Mesozoic Period and that the resulting landscapes contribute to the practice of cultural tourism and ecotourism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2020
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