TOPOGRAPHY ALONG NATAL A NOVA CRUZ RAILWAY 



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long ridges of light brown or yellow sand, often more than 30 meters 

 high and several kilometers in length. 



Stations on the Natal a Nova Cruz Railway 



Kilometers. 



Station. 



Elevation. 



0.00 

 8.50 

 12.00 

 17.75 

 23.50 

 30.30 

 34.50 

 38.00 

 41.00 

 41.20 

 45.00 

 48.50 

 52.00 

 55.00 

 60.00 

 63.50 

 68.00 

 74.20 

 78.00 

 80.20 

 82.50 

 86.60 

 92.00 

 102.00 

 115.50 

 120.20 



Natal 



Divide 



Pitimbu 



Divide 



Cajupiranga. . . . 



Rio Pium 



Divide 



Sao Jose Alto 



Sao Jose Baixo 



Bottom of valley . . . 



Sape 



Divide 



Baldhum 



Divide 



Esteves 



Goyaninha 



Divide 



Catii valley 



Divide " 



Pen ha 



Bottom of valley. . . 



Pequiry 



Curimatau 



Lagoa da Montanha, 



Summit 



Nova Cruz 



Meters. 

 11 

 70 

 26 

 62 

 21 

 35 

 80 

 75 

 21 

 14 

 19 

 81 

 19 

 93 

 18 

 24 

 90 

 37 

 74 

 42 

 15 

 26 

 30 

 93 

 125 

 84 



Between kilometers 15 and 20 these dunes, seen in the distance, look 

 like low mountain ranges. Just before reaching kilometer 21 the road 

 cuts down along the Tertiary red hills, crosses a narrow valley, and 

 ascends another Tertiary ridge, whose surface is strewn with many lumps 

 and pebbles of iron. 



Cajupiranga (kilometers 23, 24) is only 12 kilometers from the coast. 

 It is situated in a flat fertile valley, about 0.2 kilometer wide, between 

 Tertiary hills. . 



Another long, narrow, and winding valley, known as the Pium, is 

 crossed by the railway at kilometer 30. It is only about 100 meters 

 wide, but drains into the ocean. 



Sao Jose Alto (kilometer 38) is one of the highest stations on the rail- 

 way. Limestone is said to be quarried a short distance northwest of the 

 Sao Jose station, but no specimens of the rock from these quarries have 



