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Research Article

Detection of the Spatial Variability of Soil Salinity East of the Bitter Lake of the Suez Canal, Egypt, as a Basis for Management Zones Using Sentinel-2 Multispectral Imagery

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Pages 1989-2001 | Received 21 Jan 2021, Accepted 27 Apr 2023, Published online: 26 May 2023

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