Desertification Assessment for the Marshes Region Using Soil Quality Indicators, Southern Iraq
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The study aims to conduct an assessment of desertification in the marshlands southern Iraq by using eight soil indicators. area is part governorates Amarah, Basrah and Nasiriyah, with about 27,989 km2. Mediterranean model land use (MEDALUS) was adopted for quality Satellite image processing Landsat images ArcGIS v.10.7 programs were used analyze different data produce index maps evaluating marshes desertification. This found that divided into two categories. first category represented 3.52%, covering a small 984 km2 classified as non-sensitive While second represents 96.48%, covers most involves 27.005 consider sensitive
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Iraqi geological journal
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2414-6064', '2663-8754']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46717/igj.56.1e.20ms-2023-5-30