The urbanization and unleashing of erosive process in environmental preservation area of <em>Maringá</em> city - state of <em>Paraná</em>

Abstract

This paper studies the physical and hydrological factors of Cleópatra’s stream head drainage, the consequences from urbanization and from the concentrate release of pluvial water captured by the artificial drainage net in environmental preservation areas as the Parque dos Pioneiros - Bosque II, in Maringá, state of Paraná, which generated the erosive system implantation formed by ravines and gullies.