Abstract
BackgroundSoil erosion is a major threat to the natural ecosystem and agricultural sector in the western part of Lattakia Governorate, Syrian Arab Republic. The main goals of this research are to investigate erosion risk by using the Coordination of Information on the Environment (CORINE) Model and to prioritize areas for conservation practices. To achieve these goals, soil samples were collected from the field, the climatic data (i.e., rainfall) and Digital Elevation Model (DEM) were obtained and utilized to perform CORINE model in Geographic Information System (GIS) environment.ResultsThe results showed that only 13.2% of the study area was classified as high erodible. In addition, 45.24%, 49.15% and 5.29% of the study area were under low, moderate and high actual erosion risk, respectively. This research identified slope and land use/land cover as key factors responsible for soil erosion in the study area.ConclusionsThe CORINE model acknowledged as a good tool for predicting soil erosion and highlighting the areas affected by soil erosion in the study area with high precision.
Highlights
Soil erosion is a major threat to the natural ecosystem and agricultural sector in the western part of Lattakia Governorate, Syrian Arab Republic
Soil characteristics According to the United States Department of Agriculture Soil (USDA) Taxonomy (2010), two major soil orders have been detected in the study area, as previously reported by Ghanem et al [39]
The second one is Inceptisols, which has been divided into the following sub- groups: Typic Calcixerepts; Lithic Calcixerepts, and Calcic Haploxerepts
Summary
Soil erosion is a major threat to the natural ecosystem and agricultural sector in the western part of Lattakia Governorate, Syrian Arab Republic. Besides biodiversity loss and water shortage, soil erosion considers a vital issue exacerbating the problem of food security globally [80, 81, 87] In this sense, it has emerged that land degradation and soil erosion is a big threat to food security and sustainability of agroecosystem in many parts of the world [41, 80, 81]. The current estimates indicate that soil loss is undoubtedly detrimental to worldwide food production, exacerbating a non-trivial reduce in cultivation and food production of 33.7 million tonnes [84, 86] These numbers raise concerns about the sustainability of food security, especially in developing countries due to huge rapid. The formulation and development of spatial policies related to agricultural management constitute the cornerstone for decision-makers in the framework of sustainable land use and intensive agricultural production
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