Land suitability of the soils adjacent to Qarun Lake, Part (II).
Abdel-Rahman M. A., Hassanin E. M. M., Ali R. R.
Author Affiliation: Soils and Water Use Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Egyptian Journal of Soil Science 45 : 491-501
Abstract : The area adjacent Qarun Lake is about 56.8 Km2 or 13632 feddan and represents 3.5% of total area of El-Fayoum. The soils developed under arid conditions and have different parent materials (lacustrine, aeoline and alluvial deposit). These soils have different textures and classified into three orders: Vertisols, Entisols and Arid soils. According to land evaluation system, the agriculture productivity of the area was very law due to many problems. The aim of this study is to classify the suitability of the studied area for crops. Ten land use types were selected and classified into three classes; the most suitable crops in the studied area are Wheat, Maize, Cotton, Rice, Olive, Date palm, Onion, Mango, Tomato and Alfalfa.