Classification and land capability of some soils at El-Moghra depression, Egypt [electronic resource].

Includes references.

The article provides valuable information about some arid
soils in El-Moghra depression, western desert between
28°33'00"E to 28°38'12"E, and 30°05'30"N to 30°09'05"N;
with an area of about 6541 hectares. It is one of the portions that
included in the land-use planning development programs of the
Egyptian government for expanding the limited arable lands. The goal
of the study is to investigate the spatial distribution of soil
characteristics, classification and capability assessment for land-use
management. The recent technologies of remote sensing and GIS
were employed in this work on basis difference of landforms. The
obtained results indicate that the study area could be classified into
Entisols and Aridisols orders including (1) very deep coarse-textured
soils; Typic Torripsamments that characterized by capability class III
(3195 hectares), (2) very deep coarse to moderately coarse-textured
soils; Typic Torripsamments, which correlated to capability class III
(1391 hectares), and (3) very deep medium to moderately-fine
textured soils; Typic Haplogypsids and/or Gypsic Haplosalids
associated with capability class II (1955 hectares). Therefore, soils of
the study area can be used for conditioned agriculture with availability
of irrigation water in terms of quality and quantity.

Summary in Arabic.