Positive Ions In The Soils Of Al-Hindiya And Ain Al-Tamr Districts And Their Impact On Agricultural Land Degradation

Abstract

This research dealt with the chemical properties of soils, especially the positive ions such as (calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium) and their role in the decline and deterioration of agricultural soils in the case of their presence outside the limits of balance. Also, how important it is for soil and plants on the other hand alike.

      A total of (11) samples were taken for each district distributed in separate places randomly to cover the study area and from two depths, the first depth is (0-30) cm, and the second depth is from (30-60) cm. The samples were (4, 3, 2, 1) in terms of good deeds, while samples (7, 6, 5) were from the center of Al Hindiya district, and the last samples (11, 10, 9, 8) were from the western stream. As for Ain Al Tamr district 4 samples were taken from the center of the district, represented by (1, 2, 3, 4), while the rest of the samples (5-6-7-8-9-10-11) were taken in separate places in the district so that the region is properly represented. By following the random method of selection, and after conducting laboratory operations to analyze them and identify their values and compare them, the results show that there is a discrepancy in the values of magnesium and potassium between the districts of Al-Hindiyah and Ain Al-Tamr, due to the nature of the parent rocks from which the soils of the study area were formed.