Analysis of saline land and determination of the level of salinity of irrigated lands with use of the geographic information system technologies

DOI: 10.35595/2414-9179-2020-3-26-309-316

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About the Authors

Ilkhom A. Begmatov

Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers (TIIAME),
Kori Niyaziy str., 39, 100000, Tashkent, Uzbekistan,
E-mail: ilkhommatbe@mail.ru

Bakhtiyar Sh. Matyakubov

Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers (TIIAME),
Kori Niyaziy str., 39, 100000, Tashkent, Uzbekistan,
E-mail: bmatyakubov@inbox.ru

Doniyor E. Akhmatov

Department of Ameliorative Expedition of Adminstration of Low Syrdaya Basin Irrigation System,
A. Timur str., 53, Gulistan, Syrdarya, Uzbekistan,
E-mail: doniyor19940802@gmail.com

Mukhayo V. Pulatova

Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers (TIIAME),
Kori Niyaziy str., 39, 100000, Tashkent, Uzbekistan,
E-mail: mukhayo94@mail.ru

Abstract

In Uzbekistan, more than half of population lives in rural area, their well-being depends on quality of land and water resources availability. Quality of land is determined by ameliorative indicators: ground water depth level, ground water salt amount and salinity of soil. These factors do not appear naturally but rather due to the human activity. Inefficient irrigation and excessive consumption of irrigation water on irrigated land in Boyavut District of Syrdarya region of Uzbekistan within several decades have led to a salinization of soil. The primary objective of this article is determination of the level of salinity of soil for modelling spatial distribution of soil salinity throughout an irrigated land by using GIS technology. This technology is focused on automation of development and creation of ameliorative maps, while totally eliminating manual operations. Nowadays, ameliorative expedition specialists still create cadastral map using tracing paper over the marginal areas within irrigated lands based on their ameliorative conditions and by selecting from the three thematic maps and then selecting the poorest conditions of ameliorative indicators. The suggested technology is designed for professionals of cadastral subdivisions of regional ameliorative expeditions, who use the GIS-based software, such as ArcView 3.2. or ArcGIS 10x; their duties include creating of thematic maps based on salinity levels of irrigated lands. Exact coordinates of collection sites of soils samples (collected in 2018-2019) were determined using GPS. The Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) interpolation method was applied to use that data to create ameliorative maps categorized by the salinity levels (non-saline, slightly saline, saline area and highly saline areas). Those maps were then analysed to develop procedures on how to improve ameliorative conditions of irrigated areas.

Keywords

Syrdarya region, soil degradation, the degree of salinization of soils, land reclamation cadaster, GIS

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For citation: Begmatov I.A., Matyakubov B.Sh., Akhmatov D.E., Pulatova M.V. Analysis of saline land and determination of the level of salinity of irrigated lands with use of the geographic information system technologies. InterCarto. InterGIS. GI support of sustainable development of territories: Proceedings of the International conference. Moscow: Moscow University Press, 2020. V. 26. Part 3. P. 309–316. DOI: 10.35595/2414-9179-2020-3-26-309-316