Assessing the Agricultural Potentiality of some Soils in Darb EI-Arbaien Area, Western Desert, Egypt [electronic resource].
Language: Description: p.255 -268Other title:- تقييم الامكانيات الزراعية بببعض اراضى درب الاربعين ,الصحراء الغربية ,مصر [Added title page title]
- Egyptian journal of soil science, 2006 v. 46 (3) [electronic resource].
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THE STUDIED are,,'is located between latitudes 23' 36 & 24' 14 N and longitudes 30· 09 & 30' 32' E, it incorporate an area of 685440 feddans. This area is being reclaimed now to be a link between Toshka Depression and AI-Kharga Oasis. The present study aims at evaluating the agricultural potentiality of the soils in the study area to determine the most appropriate land use. To achieve this objective Landsat ETM+ images, digital elevation model and data limited to land surveying were used for delineating the region's main physiographic units. It is found that the main physiographic units are plateaus, hill and, and depression floor.
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