Soil types and their physical and chemical characteristics in Wadi al-Athir basin

Abstract

The study area is located the center of  western desert, as its one

of basin of western region. The study area is about (40.031km)    The study aims to identify the soil valley basin ALmaadhir. Through the study it became clear that the soil of this basin soils modern                                   configuration                                                                                               

The  emergence    of this soil coincided with the emergence of depressions filled by soil sediments portable valleys and solvents water which bearing sand, mud and Algarnih  materials from rocky outcrop neighboring. The soil samples taken during the field study is characterized by presence of layers of sedimentary rocks emerging from of crumbs pushers.