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Mapping Soil Types in the North El Bahrya Oases, Egypt, using Remote Sensing and GIS for Agricultural Planning

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Digital Soil Mapping, soil evaluation and land use change

Abstract

One of Egypt's top priorities for future agricultural development is the Northern El Bahrya Oases region. The region under study lies between longitudes 29° 9' 28.433'', 29° 22' 32.785'' East and latitudes 28° 57' 38.309'', 28° 58' 41.324" North. This corresponds to a region of roughly 46228 Fed.. The Digital Elevation Model (DEM) is utilized and thematic maps of soil properties to produce digital land capability and suitability maps. The spatial analysis tool in the Arc-GIS 10.8 program generated thematic layers. Physiographic mapping units were created; the studied area has one landscape, i.e., a plateau. The land capability was evaluated by the method of storie index; the studied area was categorized into three capability grades, i.e., grade 2, grade 3, and grade 4. The soil grade 2 (66.41 % of the whole region) has moderate limitations for agricultural crops; however, texture is the greatest limiting factor. In the area of grade 3 (25.59%), texture and salinity are limiting factors, while in the soils of grade 4 (7.99% of the total studied area), texture, depth, and salinity are the chief limiting factors for agriculture. Land suitability was done according to Sys and others for some crops and transferred to GIS to produce digital maps. The fertility maps of soil nutrients for N, P, K, Fe, Mn, Zn, and Cu are included.

DOI

10.21608/ejss.2024.297389.1791

Keywords

soil properties, Nutrient status, Land evaluation, RS, and GIS technical

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Ismail

MiddleName

Sayed

Affiliation

Remote Sensing & GIS Unit; Soils, Water and Environmental Research Institute; ARC.

Email

ismail62@gmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

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First Name

Yousif

Last Name

El Ghonamey

MiddleName

Kotb

Affiliation

Soils, Water and Environment Research Institute (SWERI) - ARC

Email

kotby72@gmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

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First Name

Shimaa

Last Name

Ganzour

MiddleName

Kamal

Affiliation

Rs & GIS Unit, Soils, Water and Environment Research Institute (SWERI), Agriculture Research Center (ARC), Cairo

Email

sh.ganzour82@gmail.com

City

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Orcid

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First Name

Ahlam

Last Name

Allam

MiddleName

Sayed

Affiliation

Soil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum Univ., Egypt

Email

asa00@fayoum.edu.eg

City

El Fayoum

Orcid

-

Volume

64

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

49165

Issue Date

2024-12-01

Receive Date

2024-06-13

Publish Date

2024-12-01

Page Start

1,315

Page End

1,338

Print ISSN

0302-6701

Online ISSN

2357-0369

Link

https://ejss.journals.ekb.eg/article_371992.html

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https://ejss.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=371992

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Type Code

25

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Soil Science

Publication Link

https://ejss.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Mapping Soil Types in the North El Bahrya Oases, Egypt, using Remote Sensing and GIS for Agricultural Planning

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Article

Created At

23 Dec 2024