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LAND RESOURCES ASSESSMENT OF WADI EL FARIGH AREA,WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT

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In this research, wadi El-Farigh area western desert, selected as a case study site, which considers one of the high priority regions for future development agriculture in Egypt. Based on ENVI 5.0 and Arc GIs 10.1 using ETM+ land sat 7 to producing physiographic map for studied area. The mapping units were representative by eight a physiographic units of high decantation basin, low decantation basin, high Aeolian terrace, low Aeolian terrace, high over flow basin, low over flow basin, high sand sheet, low sand sheet. A total of 16 soil profiles representative the physiographic map units, were dug and descripted. The dominate texture is sandy, EC (ds/m) range between (0.46 – 6.8 ) , CaCO3 % content ranged between (1.45–13.6), ESP% range between (5.14– 6) , CEC range between (3.68–5.44meq/100g) depth of soil profile ) range between (45– 135 cm ) organic matter (0.35–0.54 %) available nitrogen range between (11.32 – 40 ppm ) available phosphorus range between (5.6 – 20.2 ppm) available potassium range between (10.9– 49.52 ppm ). Based on the soil taxonomy USDA (2010) the soil of studied area classified as (Typic torripsamments, Lithic Torripsamments, Typic Torriorthents). According to (Require etal1970, FAO 1976, El- Toukhy1995), the land capability classified as the (III, IV, and V). The land suitability according to ASEL (Ismail et al 1994) for [wheat, potato, sunflower, peas, groundnut,  green bean ,clover, onion, garlic, sweet melon ,melon, citrus, and apple] classified as (Rel. high suitable(S2) , Marginally suitable(S3) , Not suitable(N1) ).

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10.21608/jssae.2013.52110

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Agricultural land suitability. Optimal land use. ASEL-GIS. El-Farigh area

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C. T.

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Jamil

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Soils Department Fac. Of Agric. Cairo University

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Abdel Hamid

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Soils Department Fac. Of Agric. Cairo University

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W. M.

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Abdel Kawy

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Soils Department Fac. Of Agric. Cairo University

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A. H.

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El-Nahry

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National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences

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4

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8

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7998

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2013-08-01

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2013-08-11

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2013-08-01

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733

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754

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2090-3685

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2090-3766

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Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering

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LAND RESOURCES ASSESSMENT OF WADI EL FARIGH AREA,WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT

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22 Jan 2023