Investigation of the Relationship Between Soil Salinity Trend, Land Use and Climatic Factors Change (Case Study: Shadegan, Khuzestan)

Subject Areas : GIS

Donya Amini ¹ , Mohsen Tavakoli ^{2 *} , Marzban faramarzi ³

1 - M.Sc., Desertification, Ilam university, Ilam, Iran
2 - Associated Professor, Range and Watershed Management Dept., Agriculture Faculty, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran* (Corresponding Auther)
3 - Associated Professor, Range and Watershed Management Dept., Agriculture Faculty, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran

Received: 2016-10-26 Accepted : 2018-02-21 Published : 2020-11-21

Keywords: Climatic Factors, desertification, land use, Soil salinity, Shadegan,

Abstract :

Background and Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between trend of soil salinity, land use and climatic factors in the region of Shadegan, Khuzestan. Method: In this study, using principal component analysis and 54 samples of soil, soil salinity maps were prepared for the years 1990, 2006 and 2015. In the next step, land use maps of the region for the mentioned years have been prepared using satellite images and trend changes are determined. On the other hand, changes in climatic factors (temperature and precipitation) for the period of 1990-2015 were evaluated. Findings: Results showed that, reducing precipitation and increasing temperature caused increasing soil salinity during 25 years and also agricultural land and irrigation by saline water increases the salinity of the soil. Discussion and conclusion: Locating Hoor al-Azim wetland in the western part of the region, although it has fresh, brackish and saline water, it may have negative effects on soil salinity of the area because of using in agriculture irrigation. Finally, it can be concluded that soil salinity of the land might change land use and it can cause desertification in the region.

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