The layout of roads that cross many rivers, and the lateral drainage roads causes water to move quickly to the drainage network by increasing the flow rate. This results in high sediment yield considering that some roads and have no internal energy sinks. Therefore this study aimed to analyze and discuss the road system of the rural roads of the Rio das Pedras, PR Guarapuava-boxes and the construction of containment as a preventive measure of dissipate energy and hence the entry of sediment in river channels. In this study we used the cartographic data and field to measurement of rural roads and containment boxes. By analyzing the results it was found that the number of paths exceeds the internal main roads, which largely does not have sinks of energy, enhancing the entry of sediments into waterways. Altogether ten points were selected randomly and were verified in the basin 792 intersections of rural roads and waterways. In rural roads containment boxes it was found that about 70% thereof were inactive, and there is a deterioration in average 10% of total containment boxes measured every two years.
Watershed; Water resources; Sloping topography; Siltation
