Journal of Applied Sciences1812-56541812-5662Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/jas.2008.3646.3653LandiA. Boroomand-NasabS. BehzadM. TondrowM.R. AlbajiM. JazaieriA. 122008820The main objective of this research is to compare different
irrigation methods based upon a parametric evaluation system in an area
of 43700 ha in the Fakkeh region located in Elam Province, West Iran.
Soil properties of the study area including texture, depth, electrical
conductivity, drainage, calcium carbonate content and slope were derived
from a semi-detailed soil study regarding Fakkeh plain in a scale of 1:20000.
After analyzing and evaluating soil properties, suitability maps were
generated for surface, sprinkle and drip Irrigation methods by means of
Remote Sensing (RS) Technique and Geographic Information System (GIS).
The results showed that 1715 ha (3.93%) of the studied area were highly
suitable for surface irrigation method whereas 7365 ha (16.86%) of the
study area highly suitable for sprinkle irrigation methods. Also, it was
found that 28190 ha (64.51%) of the study area were highly suitable for
drip irrigation methods while some land units coded 1.1, 7.1 and 4.1 covering
an area of 9335 ha (21.36%) were not suitable to be used for surface irrigation
systems and one land unit coded 7.1 with an area of 735 ha (1.68%) was
classified as unsuitable for sprinkle and drip irrigation systems. The
results demonstrated that by applying drip irrigation method instead of
surface and sprinkle irrigation methods, land suitability classes of 36790
ha (84.19%) for Fakkeh Plain will improve. Also, by applying sprinkle
Irrigation instead of surface and drip irrigation methods, land suitability
classes of 6945 ha (15.89%) of this plain will improve. The comparison
of the different types of irrigation techniques revealed that the drip
irrigation was more effective and efficient than the surface and sprinkle
irrigation methods for improving the suitability to the irrigation purposes.
Also, the sprinkle irrigation was more useful than surface irrigation
method. Additionally, the main limiting factor in using surface and sprinkle
irrigation methods in this area was soil texture and the main limiting
factor in using drip irrigation methods was soil calcium carbonate content.]]>Albaji, M., A. Landi, S. Boroomand Nasab and K. Moravej,20088654659Albaji, M., S. Brommand Nassab, H. Kashkoli and A.A. Naseri,20072007Assam, G.A.N., A. Barberis, V.M.F. Calderon, S. Chimenti and W. Feng et al.,20052005pp: 1141Mostafa, A.A.H., F. Bazzani, T. Bianchini, Y.F. Zaid and M. Foundi et al.,20022002pp: 1152Francesco, A., B. Abu El-Ish, D. Pierre, D. Vladan, I. Mirjana, K. Rosa and Babacar et al.,20032003pp: 1148Abdelkak, Y., M. Aghrod, N.A. Mohamed, E. Botte and Y. Briza et al.,20012001pp: 1148Dengiz, O.,2006302129FAO.,19761976Hargreaves, H.G. and G.P. Mekley,19981998KWPA,20052005KWPA,20032003Chen, D., C. De Bari, S. De Santis, H. Deng and L.M. Di Lucchio et al.,20062006pp: 1153Bezhani, S., F. Breda, M. Focacci, I. Mahjoub and R. Manrique et al.,20042004pp: 1149Sys, C., E .Van Ranst and J. Debaveye,19911991