Version 1
: Received: 5 October 2023 / Approved: 6 October 2023 / Online: 6 October 2023 (10:59:22 CEST)
Version 2
: Received: 6 October 2023 / Approved: 9 October 2023 / Online: 9 October 2023 (14:47:54 CEST)
How to cite:
Elsharkawy, M. Land Evaluation Assessment of Komombo Area South Egypt Using Remotely Sensed Imagery. Preprints2023, 2023100312. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0312.v2
Elsharkawy, M. Land Evaluation Assessment of Komombo Area South Egypt Using Remotely Sensed Imagery. Preprints 2023, 2023100312. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0312.v2
Elsharkawy, M. Land Evaluation Assessment of Komombo Area South Egypt Using Remotely Sensed Imagery. Preprints2023, 2023100312. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0312.v2
APA Style
Elsharkawy, M. (2023). Land Evaluation Assessment of Komombo Area South Egypt Using Remotely Sensed Imagery. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0312.v2
Chicago/Turabian Style
Elsharkawy, M. 2023 "Land Evaluation Assessment of Komombo Area South Egypt Using Remotely Sensed Imagery" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.0312.v2
Abstract
Nowadays, the demand of agricultural production increase, Moreover, the rapid increase of the population in Egypt led to an increase in the demand for food, prompting the government to reclaim more desert lands. Such a study contributes to providing information that contributes to the promising optimization of land resources. This study carried out in an area south Egypt covering 386,171.04 hectares (ha). Remote sensed data were manipulated for defining the land cover/use features. Setting up DEM configures the network of natural drainage flows via the descending slopes. It was a guide for allocating micro dams as water harvesting sites as well as minimizing the runoff hazards and managing the priority of land use suitability versus flood hazards. Land cover/use units were defined as terrestrial irrigated areas of sequentially herbacous crops and permanent trees covering 1387.83 ha in levees; 1608.82 ha in point bar; 718.89 ha in bow bar and 23938.29 ha in alluvial plain. Terrestrial natural vegetation is dominated by xerophytes herbaceous in wadis (123533.56 ha). Terrestrial non-vegetated areas includes bare areas of rock land (98102.59 ha) and 67201.57 in bajada. Artificial non linear surfaces include buildings (5403.59 ha) and linear features include roads and railways (875.78 ha). Aquatic areas include artificial irrigation and drainage canals (1062.15 ha) and natural water body of River Nile course (2785.92 ha). Current land suitability for specific Land Utilization Types (LUTs) was assessed by matching soil attributes with the growth requirement of each LUT. Current land suitability can be improved by decreasing of salinity and framing practices. Accordingly, the land units can be potentially more profitable for increasing the ability of extra crops to be more productive. Old cultivated areas are the most profitable land cover/use units highly suitable (S1) for all LUTs comparing with other land cover categories.
Keywords
land evaluation; soil suitability; South East Egypt; remote sensed data
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Agricultural Science and Agronomy
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Commenter: Mohamed Elsharkawy
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author