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The impact of long term crop** and land use change on the degradation of heavy clay soils in the Nile Delta, Egypt

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Intensive cultivation and long-term crop** are very important factors affect qualities and capability of soils for yield production. The current study aimed at using remote sensing and GIS for assessing the impact of intensive and long-term crop** on the capability of the soils and land degradation in Kafr Alshaikh Governorate soils for 55 years. The study used a previous data for the soils on the date 1961 and 2002 as well as collect a new data in 2016 for the same map** units. All data were subjected to a land capability classification model, according to FAO system. The data revealed that the change with time for the soil qualities and capability were as follows: the majority of the soils in 1961 (86.95%) were classified as C3 compared to 22.45% in 2016 while, in 2002 was the worst since almost all soils classified as C5. Nevertheless, year 2016 witnesses a great change in the capability most soils change to the C4 (77.55%) compared with the 2002 (0.31%). The most limiting factors for crop production were, soil depth, salinity, and alkalinity where the intensive use of soils with Rice cultivation under the use of heavy machinery increase the chance to raise the ground water tale depth as well as the chance to increase the soil salinity. The study endorsed to follow crop rotation in addition to follow management program by adding organic matter and deep plowing to relief the effect of intensive cultivation.

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Afifi, A.A., El Semary, M.A. The impact of long term crop** and land use change on the degradation of heavy clay soils in the Nile Delta, Egypt. Model. Earth Syst. Environ. 4, 805–814 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-018-0459-4

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