The main objective of this Thesis is to analyze the morphogenesis of the Paraíba do Sul River drainage system and to recognize the processes involved in its evolution. For that, the following methodological procedures were used: (i) bibliographic review about the theme; (ii) construction of a georeferenced thematic database; (iii) morphological and morphometric analysis of drainage and relief systems; (iv) data processing in a GIS environment and analysis of results. Analyzing the morphology of the drainage systems in the Paraíba do Sul river basin, drainage convergence zones were identified along the main river channel, being associated with the grays originated by the cenozoic tectonism that reached the southeast plateau, being: Taubaté, Resende, Volta Redonda, Três Rios and Itaocara. The occurrence of gorges (gorges) near the drainage convergence zones was noticed, which suggests the formation of paleodividers along the basin. Standardized profiles of drainage tributaries were extracted, indicating that rivers distant from the mouth of the Paraíba do Sul River have high concavity indexes, indicating greater adjustment at the base level. Seppômen maps indicate the formation of topographic depressions along the Southeast Plateau, located on the slopes and in the drainage convergence zones. These depressions occur at the Cenozoic grabens along the southeast plateau. Analysis of topographic profiles along the divider of Mantiqueira indicates greater dissection in the northeast portion and lesser dissection in the southern portion, this characteristic is corroborated by the chi (χ) values that indicate a divider closer to balance in the northern portion while the divider in the southern portion is submitted to migration and retreat processes. With the analysis of the results, it can be said that the river system of the Paraíba do Sul River Basin has a complex evolutionary history, inherited by the interaction of tectonic efforts and geomorphological processes on the relief. Its paleodrainage was formed by endorheic river systems that converged in the direction of the relief depressions formed with the consolidation of the Continental Rift of Southeast Brazil. This statement is supported by three evidences: (i) occurrence of reverse drains to the main channel of the Paraíba do Sul River; (ii) Drainage profiles very adjusted to the base level far from the mouth; (iii) formation of depressed topographic zones interrupted by elevations observed in the Seppômen map. The evolution of the drainage system in the study area was achieved through eroding erosion from river catches over the southeastern Brazilian plateau. Mechanisms of remounting erosion and river catches dissected the paleodividers and created erosive waves that incorporated, one by one, the RCSB s endorheic river systems into the Atlantic Ocean. The capture system and the erosive pulse of the Paraíba do Sul River reached the Serra da Mantiqueira divider initially to the north, through the Pomba River, and advanced over the southeast plateau incorporating endorheic drainage systems by means of drainage catches until the system was configured. current drainage.