About one million square kilometers is the area of Egypt, which representing 238 million feddans, of which only 4% is cultivated. Reclamation and utilization of the newly soils in Egypt is the only hope for the horizontal expansion of our cultivated land.Space images proved to be a useful tool for reconnaissance inventories for large area of many types of landscapes. Landsat imagery has been widely accepted as a basis for soil surveys at small scales (Mayers, 1975). Siegel and Abrams (1976) concluded that Landsat data were useful for mapping major geomorphic units.The objectives of this study were at identifying the physiographic features of a unique area in Egypt (El Menya Governorate) by mapping them to be a digital model in a harmony of physiographic and soil data set. It is also to find the best adaptation between certain land units with specific crop to give the maximum output. For this purpose, the harmony of descriptive and processing systems, established by Sys (1991) and Sys et al. (1993) were considered, being highly required in this study. MATERIALS AND METHODS: I. Landsat image-interpretation:Space images interpretation was performed to delineate the different physiographic-soil units in the studied area of El Menya Governorate based on the physiographic analysis as proposed by Burnigh (1960) and Gossen (1967). This approach used to identify soil bodies on the context of dynamic processes, as the deposition types and development modes. This step was helpful for detecting the differences of the micro relief within the almost flat areas.Landsat image composite of Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM7) with bands 2, 3 and 4 was used to add an extra landscape assessment to the soil map. The image was helpful for getting a collective overall view of the study area as well as using the spectral signatures of the used bands in detecting the cultivated areas and drainage conditions. 2) Visual analysis of Thematic Mapper landsat (TM):The studied area lies between latitudes 28 o 22' to 28 o 28' north and longitudes 30 o 26' to 31 o 03' east. Images of Landsat 7 Thematic Mapper (TM) were used for the purpose of visual analysis. The pixel size is a mixture of 28.5 and 30 meters. The composite output was of benefit especially when focusing on the infrared bands that permit the detection and discrimination of broad combinations of different vegetation cover types and identification of water bodies, active drainage, drainage conditions, cultivated areas, and rock types. The Landsat 7 was acquired during the year 2000 (path 175 rows 42, resolution 28.5 to 30 m).
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