Original Article ISSN (Online): 2454-1907 International Journal of Engineering Technologies and Management Research August 2021 8(8), 81–93 How to cite this article (APA): Bağdatli, M. C., Arslan O. (2021). Classification And Mapping Of Land Use And Some Soil Properties In Kirşehir Province, Turkey. International Journal of Engineering Technologies and Management Research, 8(8), 81-93. doi: 10.29121/ijetmr.v8.i8.2021.1022 81 CLASSIFICATION AND MAPPING OF LAND USE AND SOME SOIL PROPERTIES IN KIRŞEHIR PROVINCE, TURKEY M. Cüneyt Bağdatlı 1 , Oğuzhan Arslan 2 1 Nevsehir Hacı Bektas Veli University, Engineering and Architecture Faculty, Department of Biosystem Engineering, Nevsehir, Turkey. 2 Nevsehir Hacı Bektas Veli University, Science Institute, Department of Environmental Engineering, Nevsehir, Turkey. Received 21 July 2021 Accepted 01 August2021 Published 31 August 2021 Corresponding Author M. Cüneyt Bağdatlı, cuneytbagdatli@gmail.com DOI 10.29121/ijetmr.v8.i8.2021.1022 Funding: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. ABSTRACT In this study, land use capabilities, land types and other soil properties of Kırşehir province were classified and analyzed. In the study, 1/25.000 scale digital soil maps obtained from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Turkey) were used. Numerical data were classified using Arc GIS 10.3.1 software, which is one of the GIS software. As a result of the research; In general, It was observed that IV. class lands were formed in the Kirsehir province IV.class lands were found to be 1658.3 km 2 and it was determined that they cover 25% of the total area. It is seen that soil insufficiency is high in Kırşehir province due to slope and erosion damage. Soil insufficiency due to slope and erosion damage was found to be 3520.7 km 2 and it was determined that 54% of the total area was exposed to this effect. It has been observed that the land type is generally composed of steppe, bare rocks and rubble. It was determined that the area formed by bare, rocks and debris is 1128.5 km 2 . It has been determined that the stony soil areas are 1094.2 km 2 . As a result of the study, classified map outputs related to land uses and some soil properties were obtained. It will be inevitable that this research will provide important database bases for other studies to be carried out in this region in the future. Keywords: Land Use Capabilities, Soil Properties, Classification, GIS Mapping, Kırşehir Province, Turkey 1. INTRODUTION Water and soil, which are the main factors in the development of societies, which people have been fighting for ages to find, also caused the collapse and disappearance of many civilizations in the past. Soil is a three- dimensional living entity that covers the outside of the supply, consists of a mixture of various decomposition products of rocks and organic materials, contains a wide world of living things inside and on it, is a stopping place and food source for plants, and contains water and air in certain proportions (Akalan (1977). Soil is a resource that takes centuries to form and is impossible to produce. According to Bozyiğit (2020), soil formation is an important part of the stony sphere, which gains importance day by day with its properties, use and protection. Soil is an environment that nourishes and hosts the living things living on and in it, thanks to the nutrients it contains and the cycle of substances that enable the reproduction of these nutrients.