Modelling and monitoring of soil salinity and waterlogging hazards in the desert - Delta fringes of Egypt, based on geomorphology, remote sensing and GIS

This paper presents the results of a three year programme of the Belgian Ministry for Science Policy dealing with land degradation and remote sensing. In arid and semiarid climates the soil salinity hazard is an increasing problem. In this paper two types of simulation models are presented, allowing the prediction of risks for soil salinity and the interconnected problem of waterlogging. The method was elaborated in two test areas in Egypt. One model deals with delta soils, the other with desert soils in the New Reclaimed Areas.

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