USING PEDO-AGROCHEMICAL INFORMATION IN THE ASSESSMENT, FORECAST AND WARNING OF PEDO-GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RISKS IN TIMI COUNTY

The paper presents some aspects concerning the land quality in Banat. The addressed issue is relating to an area of 869,695 ha of which 700,477 ha of agricultural land), located in western Romania and representing a total of 89 cadastral territories. The examination of eco-pedological conditions was made according to The Pedological Studies Elaboration Methodology “, (vol. I,II,III) of ICPA Bucharest, in 1987 and the Romanian System of Soil Taxonomy (SRTS-2003). The physical and geographical conditions of the area are described briefly, and more extensively the composition of the soil cover, some restrictive land quality characteristics, that define their vocation to uses. Studying the natural conditions (relief, lithology, hydrology, clime) and the antrophic ones it can be observed that the diversity of pedoclimatic conditions and the specific characteristics of the studied area have a great impact upon land resources and the way lands are used in general and in particular the agricultural ones (and also upon their actual and future productivity).