CHARACTERISTICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF SOME SOILS WEST OF GHARBIA GOVERNORATE, MIDDLE DELTA, CHARACTERISTICS AND CLASSIFICATION OF SOME SOILS WEST OF GHARBIA GOVERNORATE, MIDDLE DELTA, EGYPT USING RS AND GIS | ||
| Menoufia Journal of Soil Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 9, Issue 9, September 2024, Pages 99-113 PDF (1.13 M) | ||
| Document Type: original papers | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mjss.2024.324481.1028 | ||
| Authors | ||
| اسماء مختار سليمان* 1; abdelaziz Belal2; Samir Iraki3; hager hassen3 | ||
| 1كلية الزراعة منوفية | ||
| 2National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NARSS). | ||
| 3Soil Sci. Dept., Fac. Agric. Menoufia univ. | ||
| Abstract | ||
The current work was performed in 2023 aiming to study the geomorphological and pedological characteristics besides classification for soils of Kafr El-Zayat province area, Gharbia governorate, middle Nile Delta, Egypt. The techniques of Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) were used to achieve this work. The geomorphic map and defined different geomorphic units were produced by identifying the Sentinel 2B image and the digital elevation model (DEM) for the studied area. This map indicated that the main landscape unit in this area is Alluvial Plain includes nine landforms namely: high terraces (19.93%), medium terraces (30.62%), low terraces (21.36%), depression (4.87%), decantation basin (4.41%), overflow basin (7.31%), meandering belt (4.25%) and levee (3.30%). Twenty soil profiles were chosen representing these different landforms. The land and site features are observed and registered. These profiles were dug and morphologically described, and then samples were collected representing the subsequent layers in each profile for integrated physical and chemical analyses. The studied area has almost flat topography with deep soil profiles and freely well drained. These soils have mainly loam to sandy clay loam texture with moderate medium subangular to angular blocky structure. The analytical data revealed that the studied soils are moderately alkaline, non-saline, and haven’t sodicity effect. The soils are slightly calcareous, having very slight gypsum content. Organic matter (OM) is low and decreases with depth. The cation exchange capacity (CEC) is correlated to the fine fractions and OM contents in these soils | ||
| Keywords | ||
| RS; GIS; geomorphic units; pedological characteristics; morphological rating scales; soil classification | ||
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