SOIL POTENTIALITIES AS USEFUL MEAN FOR PLANNING AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN “SAHL BARAKA”- FARAFRA OASES, NEW VALLEY: I- EXPLORATION, SURVEY AND CLASSIFICATION
Rahim, I., Wahba, M., Ageeb, G., Awad, F. (2002). SOIL POTENTIALITIES AS USEFUL MEAN FOR PLANNING AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN “SAHL BARAKA”- FARAFRA OASES, NEW VALLEY: I- EXPLORATION, SURVEY AND CLASSIFICATION. EKB Journal Management System, 27(12), 8747-8758. doi: 10.21608/jssae.2002.255932
I.S. Rahim; M.M. Wahba; G.W. Ageeb; F. Awad. "SOIL POTENTIALITIES AS USEFUL MEAN FOR PLANNING AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN “SAHL BARAKA”- FARAFRA OASES, NEW VALLEY: I- EXPLORATION, SURVEY AND CLASSIFICATION". EKB Journal Management System, 27, 12, 2002, 8747-8758. doi: 10.21608/jssae.2002.255932
Rahim, I., Wahba, M., Ageeb, G., Awad, F. (2002). 'SOIL POTENTIALITIES AS USEFUL MEAN FOR PLANNING AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN “SAHL BARAKA”- FARAFRA OASES, NEW VALLEY: I- EXPLORATION, SURVEY AND CLASSIFICATION', EKB Journal Management System, 27(12), pp. 8747-8758. doi: 10.21608/jssae.2002.255932
Rahim, I., Wahba, M., Ageeb, G., Awad, F. SOIL POTENTIALITIES AS USEFUL MEAN FOR PLANNING AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN “SAHL BARAKA”- FARAFRA OASES, NEW VALLEY: I- EXPLORATION, SURVEY AND CLASSIFICATION. EKB Journal Management System, 2002; 27(12): 8747-8758. doi: 10.21608/jssae.2002.255932

SOIL POTENTIALITIES AS USEFUL MEAN FOR PLANNING AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN “SAHL BARAKA”- FARAFRA OASES, NEW VALLEY: I- EXPLORATION, SURVEY AND CLASSIFICATION

Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering
Article 4, Volume 27, Issue 12, December 2002, Page 8747-8758  XML PDF (767.83 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jssae.2002.255932
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Authors
I.S. Rahim1; M.M. Wahba1; G.W. Ageeb1; F. Awad2
1Soil and Water Use Dept., NRC, Cairo, Egypt.
2Soil and Water Use Dept., NRC, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
     The study area of “Sahl Baraka” covers about 10.000 feddan at Farafra oasis- New Valley. Forty two soil profiles have been selected to represent the variation in the soils of the study area. According to the morphological description, climatic conditions, physical and chemical analyses and USDA (1999), these soil can be classified as the following: Typic Torripsamments, Typic Quartzipsamments, Typic Haplocalcids, Gypsic Haplocalcids, Typic Calcigypsids, Lithic Calcigypsids, and Gypsic and Calcic Aquisalids.
         In general more than 50% of the study area are sandy soils (Typic Torripsamments and Quartzipsamments). These soils can be easily cultivated. The second soil units of Aridisols contain Calcids, Gypsids and Salids suborders. The soils of Calcids covers more than 25% of the study area. Gypsids suborder included of 5 soil profiles. There is a small area (about 20 fed.) identified as Lithic Calcigypsids subgroup which characterized by calcareous rocky profile. The suborder of Salids represented by wet calcareous shale, Salic Calcic and Salic Gypsic horizons are present in most layers. This type of soil is very limited and covers about 20 feddans, from the studied area.
         It can be concluded that soil survey and classification are very essential and important for investing any virgin area for agricultural development and rural rehabilitation as in the case of Sahl Baraka in Farafra oasis.
Keywords
Geology and meterology of Farafra oases; soil survey and classification
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