Sixteen soil profiles were chosen representing the identifiedphysiographic units of the studied area west to The Great Bitter Lake tostudy its characteristic features, classify its soils and evaluate its abilityfor cultivation. The studied physiographic units are Old river terraces,Recent river terraces, Wadi bottoms, Soils of fans and outwash plains,Miscellaneous land types (which has two subunits namely faulted ridgesand plateaus of sandstone and limestone and End of high land slopes)and Rock land.The study indicated that the soils have generally almost flat togently undulating relief except some soils of end of high land slopes andold river terraces, and varied in some surface features like land cover andelevation. Soils are generally deep except end of high land slopes withtexture from sand to sandy clay loam mainly have reddish color withdominance of coarse texture and high gravel content in most of studiedsoil profiles layers, with some rocks in soils of fans and outwash plainsand end of high land slopes. All studied soils have low gypsum contentand moderate calcium carbonate content with relatively high limeaccumulation in some soils of old river terraces and fans makesdiagnostic calcic horizon. Values of pH ranges between slightly to mildlyalkaline with varied salinity levels from non to highly saline. Soil profilesare classified by using soil taxonomy to a number of families underOrthents as Entisols and Calcids as Aridisols orders.According to the degree of soil limitations in the studied profiles,the suitability indices for irrigated agriculture were calculated in itspresent condition and after specified major improvements. The soils ofriver terraces, fans and outwash plains, and wadi bottoms (about 24994feddans) are considered as promising soil units for cultivation and thepotential land characteristics of these units can be more adapted by chosethe suitable land utilization types.