Maps of spatial relationships between slopes and some land uses in the Sarsank district using remote sensing and geographic information systems

Abstract

The research aims to reveal the spatial relationship between the slopes and some land uses in the Sarsank region using remote sensing and geographic information systems techniques, and the research has relied on the digital elevation model (DEM) to derive the geomorphological information of the slopes of the study area, as well as the wave classification of the space visual (Landsat8) for the purpose of obtaining the most important uses of the land in the area and calculating its area and percentages and knowing its relationship with the slope, and showed through the classification of the space visual of the study area the small residential areas  agricultural compared to pastoral areas is due to the conversion of many of the lands of the region that are difficult to exploit for residential and agricultural uses into pastoral land because of the obstacles that the slopes pose to their exploitation for residential and agricultural uses.