Land resource and water qualities of north Husseniya extension for agricultural development, Egypt [electronic resource].

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The main objective of this study is to produce a geometrically corrected .physiographic- soil map of scale I :50.000 reduced to the attached map scale I :250.000 for the studied area as a base to identify land and water resource, recognize the main constrain which are facing the agricultural development and to recommend the most optimum crop can be proposed for the study area. To fulfill this objective 7 soil profiles were chosen from 30 profiles to representing the different soil units. Morphology description were done and soil samples have been collected for physical and chemical analysis. Based on the aerial photo¬interpretation and the geographic information system coupled with the field work and laboratory analysis obtained data, the physiographic soil map was produced. Two main landscape can be identified:. 1- Coastal plain (The fluvio marine deposits) which contain clay flats, clay swamp, old coast lines, hills and old sandy deposits 11- Young sub-deltaic deposits. The results indicated that the most effective constrains are: lack of fresh water, soil salinity, soil sodicity, high water table, massive structure due to the heavy texture content and the low effective soil depth. Therefore, the main crops selected and proposed for the project area: Rice, Clover, Cotton, Maize, Barley and Sudan grass, Amshoutt.

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