Geographical distribution of soils in the Wadi al-Muhammadi basin of ‎Western Desert/Iraq‎

A. Turki, Noura; Gharbi, Moshtaq Ahmed; Mussa, Mohammad

doi:10.37653/juah.2023.181674

	Geographical distribution of soils in the Wadi al-Muhammadi basin of ‎Western Desert/Iraq‎
Journal of University of Anbar for Humanities
Volume 2023, Issue 4, December 2023, Pages 3081-3105 PDF (2.3 M)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.37653/juah.2023.181674
Authors
Noura A. Turki¹; Moshtaq Ahmed Gharbi²; Mohammad Mussa¹
¹University of Anbar - College of Arts
²University of Anbar- Desert Studies Center
Abstract
The study included many scientific details in the field of studying the soil of the Wadi al-Mohammadi Basin, which is one of the regions distinguished by its diverse landforms, characteristics of geological formation, the nature of the climate, and the diversity occurring in the available land resources of soil, natural vegetation, and water resources. An integrated study methodology was prepared and the results were drawn for the purpose of Detecting the geographical distributions of the soil of the Wadi al-Mohammadi Basin, which has an estimated area of 1971.49 km2, and the basin’s lands were divided into six land units with geomorphological names through visual interpretation of the Landsat8 satellite image, which are units (high plateaus, flat plateaus, and swamps). (valleys, alluvial fan, flood plain), in addition to performing the morphological description of the soil profiles and the chemical and physical analysis of the soil samples to classify the spatial analysis of the basin’s soils into two main classes: dry soils and newly formed soils, as well as classifying them into subgrades, major groups, and submajor groups. The results of the study were represented by a map of the geographical distributions of the soils of the valley basin.
Keywords
Geographical distribution; Western desert; Wadi al-Mohammadi; Soils

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