Land Suitability Analyses for Cultivating Certain Crops in Some Wadies of Southwest Sinai, Egypt, Using Remote Sensing Data And GIS Technique.
Egyptial Journal of Applied Sciences • 2018
Publication Information
Authors
I. Abd El-Maaboud; H. Abbas; H.S. Rashed; W.R. Zahra; A. Afify; A. Al-Shami; F. Hassan
Keywords
Land suitability, Remote sensing, GIS, Southwest Sinai
Journal
Egyptial Journal of Applied Sciences
Publisher
Not Available
Volume
33
Issue
5
Pages
184-202
publication.type
Local
Paper Link
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Abstract
Land suitability analysis was done using remote sensing data and GIS technique for an area in Southwest Sinai that includes Wadi Baba, Wadi El-Bidaa, Wadi Naga El-Gada and Elwet Baba. Five physiographic units were delineated as rock land, bajada alluvial terraces, deltaic plain, and wadi. Eighteen soil profiles were described to represent the
physiographic units in the study area. Mapping the land suitability based on evaluating soil chemical and physical attributes versus each cropping pattern requirements using the Micro-LEIS Almagra software. The specified crops are: wheat, maize, potato, soybean and sunflower (as annual crops); and alfalfa (as semiannual crops), peach, citrus and olive (as perennial crops). The most limiting factors were soil texture, followed by salinity, sodium saturation, and lime content. The results of this study revealed that southwest Sinai has potentiality for agricultural land use where about 45.72% of the total studied area is highly suitable (S2) to
moderately suitable (S3) for the selected crops, while 54.28% of the total studied area is not suitable (S5) for them.
physiographic units in the study area. Mapping the land suitability based on evaluating soil chemical and physical attributes versus each cropping pattern requirements using the Micro-LEIS Almagra software. The specified crops are: wheat, maize, potato, soybean and sunflower (as annual crops); and alfalfa (as semiannual crops), peach, citrus and olive (as perennial crops). The most limiting factors were soil texture, followed by salinity, sodium saturation, and lime content. The results of this study revealed that southwest Sinai has potentiality for agricultural land use where about 45.72% of the total studied area is highly suitable (S2) to
moderately suitable (S3) for the selected crops, while 54.28% of the total studied area is not suitable (S5) for them.
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