SUITABILITY OF WADI HALWAT WATERSHEDS FOR GROWING WHEAT AND OLIVE TREES WITHIN THE DRY ENVIRONMENT OF THE ANBAR GOVERNORATE

In view of the increasing population and scarcity of land and water resources due to the drought situation in Iraq, effective management of these resources has become an extremely urgent need to achieve sustainable agricultural development. In this sense, an assessment of the Earth's suitabilit...

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Main Authors: M. T. Yaqub, M. A. Hassan, A. A. Mekelf
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Published: University of Anbar 2025-06-01
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description In view of the increasing population and scarcity of land and water resources due to the drought situation in Iraq, effective management of these resources has become an extremely urgent need to achieve sustainable agricultural development. In this sense, an assessment of the Earth's suitability for use is one of the most important tools to help manage these resources appropriately and to use GIS geographic information systems. Four soil profiles were drilled to represent all the different geomorphological units of the land on 15/2/2024, samples were collected from different soil horizons and prepared for laboratory analysis to demonstrate the relationship between the topography and soil data, a soil map was compiled using Arc-GIS 10.3. The results showed that the study area includes four topography features: the Euphrates River floodplain sediments, the valley stream floodplain, the upper valley floodplain and the Jabia upland foothill unit. The results of the evaluation showed through the use of the standard method sys et al 1993 that 15.04% of the land is very suitable S1 for the cultivation of the spelt crop and concentrated in both the Euphrates River Flood Plain Deposit Unit and the Halwat Valley Flood Plain and 24.46% of the land is moderate Suitable S2 concentrated in the Valley's Flood Plain Unit and 60.50% of the land is not suitable within the northern highlands of the forest. The results showed three classes of relevance, as follows: (S2) by (9.89%), (S3) by 22.93% and (N) by 66.77% and the most specific factors for crop cultivation are the gypsum content and organic content
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spelling doaj-art-3c9b5d8fc0734d8c95136d2e83f4f41a2025-08-20T02:41:30ZaraUniversity of Anbarمجلة الأنبار للعلوم الزراعية1992-74792617-62112025-06-0123171172710.32649/ajas.2025.187605187605SUITABILITY OF WADI HALWAT WATERSHEDS FOR GROWING WHEAT AND OLIVE TREES WITHIN THE DRY ENVIRONMENT OF THE ANBAR GOVERNORATEM. T. Yaqub0M. A. Hassan1A. A. Mekelf2Department of Soil and Water Resources, College of Agriculture, University of Anbar, Ramadi, IraqDepartment of Soil and Water Resources, College of Agriculture, University of Anbar, Ramadi, IraqCenter for Desert Studies, University of AnbarIn view of the increasing population and scarcity of land and water resources due to the drought situation in Iraq, effective management of these resources has become an extremely urgent need to achieve sustainable agricultural development. In this sense, an assessment of the Earth's suitability for use is one of the most important tools to help manage these resources appropriately and to use GIS geographic information systems. Four soil profiles were drilled to represent all the different geomorphological units of the land on 15/2/2024, samples were collected from different soil horizons and prepared for laboratory analysis to demonstrate the relationship between the topography and soil data, a soil map was compiled using Arc-GIS 10.3. The results showed that the study area includes four topography features: the Euphrates River floodplain sediments, the valley stream floodplain, the upper valley floodplain and the Jabia upland foothill unit. The results of the evaluation showed through the use of the standard method sys et al 1993 that 15.04% of the land is very suitable S1 for the cultivation of the spelt crop and concentrated in both the Euphrates River Flood Plain Deposit Unit and the Halwat Valley Flood Plain and 24.46% of the land is moderate Suitable S2 concentrated in the Valley's Flood Plain Unit and 60.50% of the land is not suitable within the northern highlands of the forest. The results showed three classes of relevance, as follows: (S2) by (9.89%), (S3) by 22.93% and (N) by 66.77% and the most specific factors for crop cultivation are the gypsum content and organic contenthttps://ajas.uoanbar.edu.iq/article_187605_35618ad21f33702cdb6f7cf4606b1a97.pdfwadi halwatland evaluationland suitabilitycultivation of wheat
spellingShingle M. T. Yaqub
M. A. Hassan
A. A. Mekelf
SUITABILITY OF WADI HALWAT WATERSHEDS FOR GROWING WHEAT AND OLIVE TREES WITHIN THE DRY ENVIRONMENT OF THE ANBAR GOVERNORATE
مجلة الأنبار للعلوم الزراعية
wadi halwat
land evaluation
land suitability
cultivation of wheat
title SUITABILITY OF WADI HALWAT WATERSHEDS FOR GROWING WHEAT AND OLIVE TREES WITHIN THE DRY ENVIRONMENT OF THE ANBAR GOVERNORATE
title_full SUITABILITY OF WADI HALWAT WATERSHEDS FOR GROWING WHEAT AND OLIVE TREES WITHIN THE DRY ENVIRONMENT OF THE ANBAR GOVERNORATE
title_fullStr SUITABILITY OF WADI HALWAT WATERSHEDS FOR GROWING WHEAT AND OLIVE TREES WITHIN THE DRY ENVIRONMENT OF THE ANBAR GOVERNORATE
title_full_unstemmed SUITABILITY OF WADI HALWAT WATERSHEDS FOR GROWING WHEAT AND OLIVE TREES WITHIN THE DRY ENVIRONMENT OF THE ANBAR GOVERNORATE
title_short SUITABILITY OF WADI HALWAT WATERSHEDS FOR GROWING WHEAT AND OLIVE TREES WITHIN THE DRY ENVIRONMENT OF THE ANBAR GOVERNORATE
title_sort suitability of wadi halwat watersheds for growing wheat and olive trees within the dry environment of the anbar governorate
topic wadi halwat
land evaluation
land suitability
cultivation of wheat
url https://ajas.uoanbar.edu.iq/article_187605_35618ad21f33702cdb6f7cf4606b1a97.pdf
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