Aplicação do modelo SWAT na simulação hidrológica da bacia hidrográfica do rio Itacaiúnas-PA.

Abstract

The Amazon basin represents the largest expanse of tropical rainforests on Earth, exerting significant influence on the local and global climate due to the energy and water fluxes in the atmosphere. It plays an important role in carbon sequestration as well as in the emission of water into the atmosphere that is essential in maintaining the forest itself. Several hydrological models have been applied to the biomes of Brazil, from conceptual bases to the insertion of the GIS, developing the distributed models of physical base. Among these, the Soil and Water Assessment Tool - SWAT is a hydrological model for large basins and was developed to simulate processes that occur in a watershed. The objective of this work was to use the SWAT model to simulate river flow, some hydrological processes and risk of erosion of the Itacaiúnas river basin, southeast of the State of Pará, as well as its calibration and validation of the model for the study basin. For this, data on land use and occupation, soil types and slope were required. As well as climatic and fluviometric data of precipitation, temperature, wind, relative humidity, solar radiation and river flow. The results showed that for the analysis of the erosion risk for the Itacaiúnas river basin, it was found that the areas with the highest risk for erosion were the highest altitude areas with easily degraded soils and a high soil use dynamics, being these downstream of the basin and in the southern portion of the municipality of Marabá. In the validation of the flow obtained through the SWAT model, it was observed that all the applied statistical indices showed that the simulated flow had a good performance, in relation to the flow observed in the fluviometric station of the ANA. It was also validated the potential evapotranspiration simulated by SWAT, from two other methods, Linacre and Turc, and it was observed that all the statistical indices applied to simulated evapotranspiration with SWAT performed well in relation to the other two methods of estimating evapotranspiration. In the comparison of the methods of Linacre had a lower performance, in relation to the method of Turc, since in the estimation made by Turc is taken into consideration solar radiation, which makes the method more robust in relation to Linacre. The SWAT model performed well in simulating flow, evapotranspiration and other hydrological processes for the Itacaiúnas river basin and can be a fundamental tool in the hydrological monitoring of this basin, besides helping decision-makers in a good way. management of its resources.