Physical characteristics of soils in Al-Mishkhab district, Najaf Governorate

Abstract

The soil types of the study area were determined based on the data of the physical elements analyzes. Based on that, the soil of the study area was divided into four types, which are the flooded clay soil, river claw soil, saline soil, compost, and gypsum desert soil. (42) Samples were collected and analyzed from all types of soil in the study area and for two depths (0 - 30) cm (30 - 60) cm in order to know the soil physical properties.

     From the analysis of the properties of the soil represented by (temperature, soil texture, bulk and real density, porosity, soil composition), it became clear that the prevailing texture of the overflowing puddle soils and river clutch soils ranged from silty clay to soils with a mixture of silty clay tissue, while the soil tissue Saline soil, marshes, gypsum desert soil, mixed silty clay and mixed sandy soil. As for the actual and bulk density rates, they were within the required measurements. As for the composition of the soil, the morphological description was for the flowing tuition soils and the soils