Hrvatske vode, Vol. 26 No. 105, 2018.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
Suitability of agricultural land for irrigation in Croatian agroregions
Stjepan Husnjak
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Aleksandra Bensa
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The paper’s main objective was to present the soil resources and assessed suitability of agricultural land for irrigation according to agricultural regions and subregions of Croatia. To present the soil resources and assessed suitability of agricultural land for irrigation, we used the “Dedicated pedological map of the Republic of Croatia in scale 1:300,000” and supplemented it with data on soils that are hydroameliorated with pipe drainage as well as data on forest distribution. The assessment of the present suitability of land for irrigation was carried out according to the FAO method. For determinating agricultural regions and subregions, we used the existing map from the project “Regionalisation of agriculture in the Republic of Croatia”.
Of Croatian agricultural lands with a total of 244,151 ha of soils suitable for irrigation, the majority (88%) is located in the Pannonian region. The same region also contains the most moderately suitable soils for irrigation, i.e. 71% of the total 588,164 ha. Soils with limited suitability for irrigation are mostly located in the Adriatic region, in which they cover 46% of the total 291,401 ha and are characterized by limitations that primarily appear as shallow depths and marked skeletal and rocky structures. Temporarily unsuitable soils for irrigation are mostly located in the Pannonian region, in which they cover 89% of the total 881,678 ha and are characterized by limitations such as excessive moisture caused by groundwater and surface water as well as poor drainage.
Ključne riječi
Agroregions; suitability; land; irrigation; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
205799
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Datum izdavanja:
7.9.2018.
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