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Land Evaluation of Different Land Cover Classes for Agricultural Use in South East of Egypt using Remote Sensing Data

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Last updated: 30 Dec 2024

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Soils and water

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This study carried out in an area south Egypt covering 386,171.04 hectares (ha). Remote sensed data were manipulated for defining the land cover features. Setting up Digital Elevation Model (DEM) configures the network of natural drainage flows via the descending slopes.It was a guide for allocating micro dams as water harvesting sites as well as minimizing the runoff hazards and managing the priority of land use suitability versus flood hazards. Land cover units were defined
as terrestrial irrigated areas of sequentially herbaceous crops and permanent trees covering 1387.83 ha in levees; 1608.82 ha in point bar; 718.89 ha in bow bar and 23938.29 ha in alluvial plain. Terrestrial natural vegetation is dominated by xerophytes herbaceous in wadis (123533.56 ha). Terrestrial non- vegetated areas includes bare areas of rock land (98102.59 ha) and 67201.57 in bajada. Artificial non-linear surfaces include buildings (5403.59 ha) and linear features
include roads and railways (875.78 ha). Aquatic areas include artificial irrigation and drainage canals (1062.15 ha) and natural water body of River Nile course (2785.92 ha). Current land suitability for specific Land Utilization Types (LUTs) was assessed by matching soil attributes with the growth requirement of each LUT. Current land suitability can be improved by decreasing of salinity and sodicity practices. Accordingly, the land units can be potentially more profitable for 
increasing the ability of extra crops to be more productive. Old cultivated areas are the most profitable land cover/use units highly suitable (S1) for all LUTs comparing with other land cover categories.

DOI

10.21608/sjas.2023.218124.1314

Keywords

Land evaluation, South East Egypt and remote sensed data

Authors

First Name

Ayman

Last Name

Abdel Khalek

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A.

Affiliation

Egyptian Survey Authority, Giza, Egypt

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First Name

Afify

Last Name

Afify

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A.

Affiliation

Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute; Agricultural Research Center; Giza; Egypt.

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First Name

Heitham

Last Name

Salem

MiddleName

M. S.

Affiliation

Faculty of Agriculture Banha University, Egypt

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Elsharkawy

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Soils and water Sciences Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Beni-Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt.

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esharkawy25518@agr.bsu.edu.eg

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0000-0001-8715-2776

First Name

Wesam

Last Name

Zahra

MiddleName

R.

Affiliation

Faculty of Agriculture Banha University, Egypt

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Volume

5

Article Issue

3

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43273

Issue Date

2023-09-01

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2023-06-16

Publish Date

2023-09-01

Page Start

117

Page End

130

Print ISSN

2535-1796

Online ISSN

2535-180X

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916

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Publication Title

Scientific Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://sjas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Land Evaluation of Different Land Cover Classes for Agricultural Use in South East of Egypt using Remote Sensing Data

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30 Dec 2024