Land Capability and Suitability Mapping in Some Areas of North-Western Coast, Egypt | ||
| Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering | ||
| Article 1, Volume 9, Issue 3, March 2018, Pages 111-118 PDF (529.48 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jssae.2018.35667 | ||
| Author | ||
| I. Yousif | ||
| Soil Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt ibraheemyousif@agr.cu.edu.eg | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The objectives of this work are to assess soil suitability and capability for agricultural use in Al-Hwallah region, North-western coast of Egypt by to accomplish the agriculture outgrowth using Land Use Suitability Evaluation Tool (LUSET) and Stori index. The study area is located in the North-western coastal plain in Matrouh Government. It is delimited by longitudes 27° 32' 0" – 27° 35' 0" E and latitudes 31° 7' 0" – 31° 12' 0" N with an area about 13.65 km2. Fourteen soil profiles were dug and pedo-morphologically described. Thermic and torric are the common temperature and moisture regimes of the investigated area.Based on the field survey, laboratory analysis, and Landsat 8 image interpretation in collaboration with GIS, the physiographic units were extracted.Five main landforms were recognized as follows Piedmont, Foot Slope, Back Slope, Summit and Escarpment. Typic Haplocalcids, Typic Torripasamments and Typic Torriorthents are the dominant soils. According to the land capability assessment by the modified Stori index, the studied soils were categorized in to grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, and grade 4 but grade 3 and 4 are the most common with an area 3.5 km2 and 5.77 km2 respectively. According to LUSET suitability results, the most suitable crops in the study area are alfalfa watermelon, barley, wheat, sorghum and olives. The evaluation results indicate that the main limiting factors for agriculture soil suitability in the studied area were soil texture, shallow soil depth, excess of salts and lime. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Land Suitability • Land Capability • LUSET •Storie Index • Egypt | ||
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