GIS application to identify the potential for certain irrigated agriculture uses on some soils in Western Desert, Egypt

The study area lies to the western side of the Nile Delta in El Behira Governorate, with latitudes of 30°30′–30°45′N and longitudes of 29°45′–30°00′E, covering about 670,881 km2. Landsat ETM+ image (path 177-raw 39), DEM map and data verification by in situ observations aided by GPS were used for de...

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Main Authors: M. Ismail, M.K. Abdel Ghaffar, M.A. Azzam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-06-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110982312000051