Investigation of land use changes is important in terms of misplacing the agriculture lands especially for urbanization and also industrialization. Study was carried out in the South half of Ceyhan Plain (70941 ha) to define the temporal variations of settlements and its cropland and to analyze which soil series have been lost by misuse. Physical and chemical analytical data of mapping units were integrated into geographic information systems via ArcMap software. Using soil information system, thematic maps are created to show spatial distribution of important soil properties, taxonomic classes and physiographic units. It has been determined that the area of the residential land increased and the agricultural land within the study
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