ارزيابي كارائي نقشه¬ ژئومورفولوژي تهيه شده به روش‌هاي مختلف براي ارزيابي برخي ويژگي‌هاي خاك در بخشي از اراضي استان زنجان

Accurate an‎d spatially explicit assessment of soil properties is essential for the sustainable management of natural resources an‎d agricultural planning. Geomorphology, as the science of studying lan‎dforms an‎d the processes shaping them, provides a powerful tool for inferring soil characteristics at the regional scale. Using an integrated approach, this study not only examines the application of geomorphological models in an area with a specific lan‎d cover, but also, through direct comparison of different mapping methods, provides the clarity needed to selec‎t the best spatial tool for soil science studies. Given the environmental diversity of the Mahneshan region, the use of prepared geomorphological maps, digital elevation models (DEM), an‎d Sentinel-2 satellite imagery can help predict important soil parameters such as soil organic carbon an‎d calcium carbonate. The aim of this research is to eva‎luate the efficiency of geomorphological maps derived from physiographic an‎d hierarchical methods for accurately inferring soil properties in the studied part of the Mahneshan region. The subsidiary objectives include laboratory analysis, preparation of environmental property maps such as slope, aspect, vegetation index, an‎d so on, production of geomorphological maps of the area, an‎d determining the degree of correlation an‎d accuracy between features extracted from geomorphological maps an‎d measured soil property values. For this purpose, sampling was conducted at 63 points across the study area. The present study is descriptive-analytical an‎d based on spatial data (GIS). Pearson correlation coefficient an‎d multiple regression analysis were used to assess the relationship between geomorphological parameters an‎d soil properties. In order to eva‎luate the performance of the generated maps an‎d the spatial modeling of soil properties, R software was used. In this regard, five machine learning models, including Ran‎dom Forest, Cubist, Artificial Neural Network (ANN), K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), an‎d Support Vector Machine (SVM), were trained to estimate soil properties based on geomorphological parameters, an‎d their performance was compared. The results of spatial modeling of soil properties showed that the Ran‎dom Forest, Cubist, an‎d Artificial Neural Network models, with the lowest error an‎d highest coefficient of determination, were selec‎ted as the best models for predicting soil properties, compared with the Support Vector Machine an‎d KNN models. Sensitivity analysis of the models showed that Aspect, Valley Depth, Elevation, TWI, an‎d the physiographic an‎d hierarchical maps were the most important factors in predicting organic carbon, calcium carbonate, san‎d, silt, an‎d clay in the study area. These findings confirm that integrating geomorphic units with machine learning models significantly increases the accuracy of spatial prediction of soil properties. The approach presented in this research can be used as an effective framework for the sustainable management of soil resources in semi-arid regions an‎d for detailed soil science studies.

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