The spatial analysis of the terrain impact on agricultural land use by using Gis and Rs techniques : a case study of Soran district-Erbil-Iraq
Other Title(s)
التحليل المكاني لتأثير التضاريس على استخدام الأراضي الزراعية باستخدام تقنيات GIS و RS : دراسة قضاء سوران أربيل العراق
Joint Authors
Hasan, Tariq Khidr
OĞUZ, Hakan
Umar, Farhad O.
Source
ZANCO Journal of Humanity Sciences
Issue
Vol. 24, Issue 6 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.291-311, 21 p.
Publisher
Salahaddin University-Erbil Department of Scientific Publications
Publication Date
2020-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
21
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
-In this study, Soran District was selected as study area due to the fact that terrain elevation ranges between 361m and 3406m with many land use/land covers (LULC) types.
The main objective of this study was to determine the impact of terrain over agricultural land use using GIS and RS techniques.
Landsat 8 satellite imagery and DEM compose the main data for this study.
Slope and elevation maps were derived from DEM using ArcGIS software and classified into six categories according to Zuidam Classification System.
ERDAS Imagine software was also used to classify Landsat 8 satellite imagery in order to derive the LULC types of the study area.
Slope, elevation, and LULC maps were overlaid on top of each other to determine the spatial relationship between slope, elevation and agricultural land use, pasture and forest.
The final results indicate that there is a negative relationship between agricultural land use and slope.
The steeper slope that area has, the less likely that agricultural land use will occur.
70% of the agricultural land use has slope of 0-18 degrees.
On the other hand, there is a strong relationship between slope and forest.
The more sloped the area is, the more likely to be the forest.
It was determined that 80% of the forest in the study area has slope of 18-24 degrees.
It was also found that 72% of the pasture has slope of 12-24 degrees.
It was also found that 84% of the study area's elevation was over 900m.
Elevation has also negative relationship with agricultural land use.
This is the main reason that only 7% of the study area is used as agricultural land use.
Results also indicate that 30% and 14% of the study area are pasture and forest
American Psychological Association (APA)
OĞUZ, Hakan& Hasan, Tariq Khidr& Umar, Farhad O.. 2020. The spatial analysis of the terrain impact on agricultural land use by using Gis and Rs techniques : a case study of Soran district-Erbil-Iraq. ZANCO Journal of Humanity Sciences،Vol. 24, no. 6, pp.291-311.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1275504
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hasan, Tariq Khidr…[et al.]. The spatial analysis of the terrain impact on agricultural land use by using Gis and Rs techniques : a case study of Soran district-Erbil-Iraq. ZANCO Journal of Humanity Sciences Vol. 24, no. 6 (2020), pp.291-311.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1275504
American Medical Association (AMA)
OĞUZ, Hakan& Hasan, Tariq Khidr& Umar, Farhad O.. The spatial analysis of the terrain impact on agricultural land use by using Gis and Rs techniques : a case study of Soran district-Erbil-Iraq. ZANCO Journal of Humanity Sciences. 2020. Vol. 24, no. 6, pp.291-311.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1275504
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 309-310
Record ID
BIM-1275504