A solid management strategy must start with a detailed awareness of the resources available. Soil is a nonrenewable natural resource that acts as a vital medium for all other living things. Having detailed soil parameters in digital format can help with improved management by allowing for more accurate crop allocation and administration of necessary fertilisers to each crop. Soil is a three-dimensional entity having qualities that reflect the influence of climate, plant, wildlife, man, and geography on the parent material of soil over time. Furthermore, soil digital information will promote sustainable land use by allowing crops to be distributed depending on soil fertility, so saving money, effort, and time during the production cycle. There are many tools available; Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are two of the most important instruments used in the development of digital spatial soil information, which is reinforced by thorough field work. A land unit basis map was created using Landsat TM and ASTER photos, which was then used in field work. A minimum of one soil profile was obtained for each land unit during the field survey, totaling 317 soil profiles (horizons were described, photographed, and sample were collected). Land units have been modified based on field findings such as morphology and vegetation type.
As a result, a complete digital soil map for the study area (Larache, Morocco) was developed, together with a database of chemical and physical properties. This database will be used to support a variety of important geographical assessments, including crop suitability, irrigation, forest development, and capability analysis.
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Waad Ibrahim
Environmental Planning und Studies, Geo-Data Base and Geoinformation Application Berlin, Germany
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