Useing of Remote SensingTtechnologies in Assessing Degradation of Soil and Vegetation Cover West Fold Makhoul

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the state of deterioration (Degradation Status) to different sites of the soil, depending on the possibility of the use of remote sensing as one of modern technologies, and effective monitoring and control of the changes that you get the natural resources of soil degradation and vegetation operations as well as the risk of wind erosion study was conducted in the province Salah al-Din in an area between the city of Baiji, Sharqat south and the north, which represents the western flank of the fold Makhoul total area amounted to 402.20 km2. And was able to study with the help of technologies for remote sensing of determining the status and degree of deterioration of the soils study, which varied between moderate deterioration region, and severe deterioration, very severe degradation. The study confirmed that there is a decline in soils degraded area deteriorated moderate and actress soils untapped cultivation of grain crops increased by 33.64% of the study area space while soils degraded area recorded a severely degraded and actress soils affected by salts untapped increase of 24.55% of the area of ​​the region, while the soils degraded area deteriorated very strong and actress soils affected by salts untapped fragile dunes was registered an increase of about 9.08% of the study area, depending on the area of ​​the space visuals captured for the years 1976 and 2014 .