LANDSAT IMAGERY TECHNIQUE FOR LAND EVALUATION IN AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES AT SOME AREAS OF EL-MENYA GOVERNORATE , EGYPT | ||||
Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development | ||||
Article 4, Volume 23, Issue 2, July 2009, Page 32-64 PDF (466.7 K) | ||||
Document Type: Research articles. | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/fjard.2009.197056 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Ibrahim M.A. Hegazi1; Ashraf A. Mohamad1; Samy A. Abdallah2 | ||||
1Soils, Water and Environ. Res. Instit., Agric. Res. Center, Giza, Egypt | ||||
2Soil Dept., Fac. of Agric., Ain Shams Univ., Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
The studied area lies between latitudes 28o 22' to 28o 28' north and longitudes 30o 26' to 31o 03' east. By applying the technique of Landsat Imagery (ETM7, Enhanced Thematic Mapper 7) and the physiographic approach, the area under study at El-Menya Governorate could be identified as a best model for representing many landscape features in Egypt. The studied area includes both the continental alluvium deposits of River Nile and desert sediments that were derived from the local parent rocks. These deposits are developed on many physiographic units such as the Nile alluvial plain, River bank, Islands, Alluvial terraces, Aeolian plain and Wadis. In addition, the rock structures are delineated as a rock outcrops. The differences between the studied physiographic units are represented by twelve soil profiles. The studied soil profiles were fully described and soil samples were collected for laboratory analysis. Soil taxa were categorized into three orders according to USDA (1999 and 2003), and many soil families as follows: i) Vertisols: Typic Haplotorrerts, clayey and Halic Haplotorrerts, clayey in the Nile alluvial plain. ii) Aridisols: Typic Calcigypsids, fine loamy, mixed, hyperthermic and Typic Haplocalcids, fine loamy, mixed, hyperthermic in alluvial terraces unit. iii) Entisols: Typic Torriorthents, fine loamy in the River bank unit; Typic Torriorthents, sandy and Typic Torriorthents, coarse loamy in the Island unit; Typic Torrifluvents, fine loamy over sandy, (calcareous) and Typic Torrifluvents, loamy skeletal in Wadis unit; Typic Torripsamments, siliceous and Typic Torriorthents, coarse loamy in Aeolian plain unit. The soils of the identified physiographic units were evaluated to assess the suitability classes of agricultural irrigated soils, which categorized into the different categories of highly (S1), moderately (S2), marginally suitable (S3) as well as not suitable (N). Also, the studied soils were evaluated according to their suitability for specific crops, i.e., cereal crops (wheat, barley and maize), field crops (cotton and sunflower), vegetables (tomato), fodder crops (alfalfa and sorghum) and fruit trees (banana, citrus, guava, mango and olive) to identify their supreme current and potential suitability. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Landsat Imagery; El Menya soils; land evaluation; soil taxa; supreme current and potential suitability for specific crops | ||||
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