Risk assessment of soil erosion by using CORINE model in the western part of Syrian Arab Republic

Agriculture & Food Security

Alaa Khallouf¹  Swapan Talukdar²  Hazem Ghassan Abdo³  Endre Harsányi⁴  Safwan Mohammed⁴ 

[1] Department of Natural Resources Management, General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research (GCSAR), Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic;Dept. of Geography, University of Gour Banga, Malda, India;Geography Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Tartous University, Tartous, Syria;Geography Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria;Geography Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria;Institution of Land Utilization, Technology and Regional Planning, University of Debrecen, 4032, Debrecen, Hungary;

关键词: Land degradation;    CORINE;    Food security;    Sustainable development goals (SDGs);   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40066-021-00295-9

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundSoil erosion is a major threat to the natural ecosystem and agricultural sector in the western part of Lattakia Governorate, Syrian Arab Republic. The main goals of this research are to investigate erosion risk by using the Coordination of Information on the Environment (CORINE) Model and to prioritize areas for conservation practices. To achieve these goals, soil samples were collected from the field, the climatic data (i.e., rainfall) and Digital Elevation Model (DEM) were obtained and utilized to perform CORINE model in Geographic Information System (GIS) environment.ResultsThe results showed that only 13.2% of the study area was classified as high erodible. In addition, 45.24%, 49.15% and 5.29% of the study area were under low, moderate and high actual erosion risk, respectively. This research identified slope and land use/land cover as key factors responsible for soil erosion in the study area.ConclusionsThe CORINE model acknowledged as a good tool for predicting soil erosion and highlighting the areas affected by soil erosion in the study area with high precision.

【 授权许可】

CC BY