SOIL TAXONOMY AND LAND EVALUATION OF THE NORTH NILE DELTA SOILS | ||
| Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development | ||
| Article 10, Volume 19, Issue 2, July 2005, Pages 105-118 PDF (621.11 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research articles. | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/fjard.2005.197838 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohamed Ismail; Hussein K., Zaki; Ahmed A. Al-Sharif | ||
| Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute-Agric. Res. Center Giza, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Twenty six soil profiles represent the different soils of North Nile Delta were chosen for this study. The dommonant soil were nonsaline soils followed by saline, moderately and strongly saline according to Soil Survey Staff, (1993). Data obtained indicated that soils of the studied area had no diagnostic horizon or pedogenic process except the slickenside feature. Wherease, soil had not calcic or gypsic or salic horigons, due to their low contentt of both calaum carbonate, gypsum and solube salts, respectively. Therefore they were classified as Entisol and Vertisol soil orders according to Soil Survey Staff System, (1998). Therefore the dommonant soil taxa was Typic Haplotorrerts which was occurred in the most studied area followed by Typic Torrifluvents and Vertic Torrifluvents, then the Typic Torripsamments According to Sys and Verhey’s method of land evaluation (1978), all soils of the studied area could be classified as suitable for agriculture (S) including the classes: moderately suitable highly and marginal suitable. The dommont soils were moderately suitable (S2), wherease, both highly suitable (S1) and marginally suitable (S3) were as a minor areas according to Sys and Verhey (1979). The limitation factors for agirctulture wewe soil texture, soil salinity and soil depth. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Soil Taxonomy and Land evaluation | ||
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