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Land classification, evaluation and use of some soils in Atmur El-Nuqra valley, Kom Ombo, Aswan, Egypt [electronic resource].

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S. H. Abd El-Aziz

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Ghallab, A

Language: English Summary language: Arabic Description: p.221-239Other title:

تصنيف وتقييم بعض اراضى وادى عتمور النقره للاستخدام الزراعى كوم امبو - اسوان - مصر

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Assiut journal of agricultural sciences, 2002 v. 33 (2) [electronic resource].

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In: Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2002.v.33(2)Summary: The studied area is located at Utmur El-Nuqra Valley, about 70 Km east of Kom Ombo city, Aswan governorate. It is a part of the eastern desert plateau of Egypt. Fourteen soil profiles, representing 4000 feddans, were selected for this study to identify soil taxonomic units of this area with a special reference to their capability for agricultural purposes and suitability for some main crops. Based on the physical and chemical soil properties, the studied soil profiles were classified down to the family level, according to soil taxonomy as a) sandy, mixed (calcareous), hyperthermic or sandy-skeletal, mixed (calcareous), hyperthermic or sandy siliceous (calcareous), hyperthermic, Typic Torripsamments, b) siliceous (calcareous), hyperthermic, Typic Quartzipsamments, c) coarse loamy, mixed (calcareous), hyperthermic, Typic Torriorthents, d) fine loamy, mixed (calcareous), hyperthermic, Sodic Torriorthents, and e) coarse loamy, mixed (calcareous), hyperthermic or loamy-skeletal, mixed (calcareous), hyperthermic, Typic Natrargids.

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The studied area is located at Utmur El-Nuqra Valley, about 70 Km east of Kom Ombo city, Aswan governorate. It is a part of the eastern desert plateau of Egypt. Fourteen soil profiles, representing 4000 feddans, were selected for this study to identify soil taxonomic units of this area with a special reference to their capability for agricultural purposes and suitability for some main crops. Based on the physical and chemical soil properties, the studied soil profiles were classified down to the family level, according to soil taxonomy as a) sandy, mixed (calcareous), hyperthermic or sandy-skeletal, mixed (calcareous), hyperthermic or sandy siliceous (calcareous), hyperthermic, Typic Torripsamments, b) siliceous (calcareous), hyperthermic, Typic Quartzipsamments, c) coarse loamy, mixed (calcareous), hyperthermic, Typic Torriorthents, d) fine loamy, mixed (calcareous), hyperthermic, Sodic Torriorthents, and e) coarse loamy, mixed (calcareous), hyperthermic or loamy-skeletal, mixed (calcareous), hyperthermic, Typic Natrargids.

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