and there are five classes of soil quality, ranging from excellent to very
poor. It was found that barren lands at the north of Damietta have poor potentiality for
agriculture. They could be utilized for other land use, such as residential, industrial or for
touristic activities.While those occur east of Damietta could be utilized for aquaculture or as
bioremediation facilities for biological treatment of agricultural wastewaters.
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