The Lower Solimões River from the Chaos Theory Perspective (Deterministic Chaos)

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Non-Linear Analysis, Megarivers, Amazon Basin, Complexity

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The study of nonlinear dynamical systems has been receiving increasing attention from the scientific community. Chaos theory, developed in the early 1960s, seeks solutions for systems that were neither close to equilibrium nor to a periodic solution, thus discovering chaotic motion (irregular and aperiodic oscillations) on a strange attractor. This discovery was an advance for the analysis of hydrological dynamics, now considered a nonlinear system. Therefore, this article seeks to present, from the perspective of Chaos theory, potentialities for the hydrological analysis of a river system. For this, the fluvial dynamics and erosion and sedimentation processes were analyzed, in addition to understanding data of quota, water discharge and suspended sediments, seeking to understand the monthly means to predict the data from the perspective of Chaos theory. For this, the river dynamics and erosion and sedimentation processes were analyzed, in addition to understanding data of quotas, water discharge and suspended sediments, seeking to understand the monthly means to predict the data from the perspective of Chaos Theory. The results show that analysis of turbulent flows, in particular helical flows, and sediment transport and deposition processes is interesting from the perspective of Chaos for a short time scale, making it difficult to predict the results on a larger time scale. The use of monthly means to predict data phenomena of quotas, liquid discharge and suspended sediments is not indicated by the nonlinear dynamics of the data, however it is possible to predict the data on a short time scale. It was also observed that the larger the predicted time scale, the greater the chance of inconsistencies in the data, and the use for predictions, using the Chaos theory, greater than one year is not indicated.

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Matheus Silveira de Queiroz, Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM)

Graduado em Geografia pela Universidade do Estado do Amazonas (UEAM), pela Escola Normal Superior (ENS). Mestrado em Geografia em andamento na Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM). Desenvolve trabalhos na área de Geomorfologia e Sensoriamento Remoto com ênfase nos seguintes temas: Sistemas Fluviais Amazônicos; Sistemas Fluviais em íreas urbanas; Morfotectônica (com ênfase na Neotectônica da bacia Amazônica); Erosão Fluvial (Terras Caí­das); Movimento de Massa. 

José Alberto Lima de Carvalho , Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM)

Doutor pelo Programa "Ordenamento Territorial e Ambiental", da Universidade Federal Fluminense, Mestre pelo Programa Sociedade e Cultura da Universidade Federal do Amazonas e graduado em Geografia pela Universidade Federal do Amazonas. Professor Adjunto 3 do Departamento de Geografia da Universidade Federal do Amazonas, atuando na área de Geomorfologia Fluvial, Geografia Fí­sica da Amazônia, com ênfase em Hidrografia da Amazônia.

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QUEIROZ, M. S. de .; CARVALHO , J. A. L. de. The Lower Solimões River from the Chaos Theory Perspective (Deterministic Chaos). Journal Geotemas, Pau dos Ferros, v. 11, p. e02112, 2021. Disponível em: https://periodicos.apps.uern.br/index.php/GEOTemas/article/view/3193. Acesso em: 1 jul. 2024.

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