Parque E - Senderos latinoamericanos

Glossary
ACCLIVITY: terrain incline viewed from the bottom up.
DECLIVITY: terrain incline viewed from the top down.
SADDLE OR COL: depression on the terrain between two mountain peaks.
CREST OR RIDGE: mountain edge.
RIDGELINE: line of mountain ridges.
“SEA OF HILLS”: name given by French geographer Pierre Deffontaines for
the dissected hills that form different levels in the Serra do Mar region.
BUTTRESS: name given to lateral offshoots in a mountain chain.
GROTTO: opening on the ground through which rain water flows.
PEAK: the highest point of a massif, range, mountain, etc. The same as highest
point or highest altitude.
THALWEG: deepest line on a river bed.
OROGRAPHIC: effect caused when the vapor from the ocean and from the
lowland wetlands rises following the extremely heated and abrupt slope. It
gains altitude and reaches regions of lower atmospheric pressure, then it
expands and suddenly cools down, forming torrential rains.
SANTOS LIMA
Botanist Joaquim dos Santos Lima Júnior (1887-1944), a pharmacist and
great researcher, was born in Santa Maria Madalena and provided relevant
services to the city. His story is intimately related to the park. In the 30s, along
with Alexandre Curt Brade, he carried out the first scientific expedition in the
Desengano State Park, in which 247 species were collected and several
unknown plants classified, especially orchids and bromeliads. Botanist
Santos Lima, as he was known, was also the founder of the Santa Maria
Madalena Forest Garden, currently bearing his name.
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