Assessment of Pollution by Heavy Metals over Landforms of Selected Areas in the Nile Valley and Desert Fringes | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Chemistry | ||||
| Volume 65, Issue 131, December 2022, Page 1081-1089 PDF (685.58 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejchem.2022.131699.5866 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Remonda Dimian   1; Abdel Aziz S. Sheta2; R.R. Ali1; Mohammed S. Abd-Elwahed2
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| 1Soils and Water Use Dept., National Research Centre, Giza, 12622, Egypt | ||||
| 2Soil Science Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, 11241, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The high concentricity of heavy metals is noxious to soils, plants, and humans. The aim of this study is to investigate the distribution of heavy metals (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Pb, Ni, Cd, and Cr) in the landforms of the El-Saff area, Egypt. Satellite images were used to produce the landform map, digital elevation model (DEM), and field data. Collected soil samples were analyzed, the obtained data were used to create the spatial distribution layers of heavy metals. Data indicated that the main landforms in the study area are the flood plain, piedmont, and valleys which covered 19.57, 45.43, and 8.27 % of the study area respectively. The data also showed that the concentrations of Mn, Pb, Cu, and Ni were high in the flood plain while Zn and Cd concentrations were higher in the desert fringes (i.e., piedmont and valleys). The assessment of heavy metals reveals that most of the elements are under the critical leaves in the studied landforms. The higher contaminations are associated with cultivated areas irrigated by sewage water. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Desert fringes; heavy metals; landforms; Nile valley; and spatial analysis | ||||
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