Using GIS towards the Characterization and Soil Mapping of the Caia Irrigation Perimeter

Using GIS towards the Characterization and Soil Mapping of the Caia Irrigation Perimeter

The Caia Irrigation Perimeter is an irrigation infrastructure implemented in 1968. As is often the case, the original soil map of this region (dated from 1961) does not have the detail needed to characterize a relatively small-sized zone, where intensive agricultural practices take place. Using FAO...

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Main Authors: José Rato Nunes, Luís Loures, António Lopez-Piñeiro, Ana Loures, Eric Vaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-04-01
Series:Sustainability
Subjects:
soil classification
WRBSR—World Reference Base for Soil Resources
Mediterranean agricultural soils
irrigation
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/4/368

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