CLASSIFICATION OF INDIAN SOILS
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Alluvial soil [43%]
Alluvial soil [43%]
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Red soil [18.5%]
Red soil [18.5%]
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Black / regur soil [15%]
Black / regur soil [15%]
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Arid / desert soil
Arid / desert soil
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Laterite soil
Laterite soil
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Peaty Soil
Peaty Soil
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Forest soil
Forest soil
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mountain soil
mountain soil
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Types of Soils
|
States where found
|
Rich in
|
Lacks in
|
Crops grown
|
|
Alluvial
|
Mainly
found in the plains of Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand etc. |
Potash
and Lime |
LimeNitrogen
and Phosphorous |
Large
variety of rabi and kharif crops such as wheat, rice, sugarcane, cotton, jute etc |
|
Black
(Regur soil) |
Deccan plateau-
Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh,Tamil Nadu, Valleys of Krishna and Godavari.Lime |
Lime, Iron, Magnesia
and Alumina, Potash |
Phosphorous, Nitrogen
and organic matter |
Cotton, sugarcane,
jowar, tobacco, wheat, rice etc. |
|
Red
|
Eastern
and southern part of the deccan plateau, Orissa, Chattisgarh and southern parts of the middle Ganga plain. |
Iron
and Potash |
Nitrogen,
Phosphorous and humus. |
Wheat,
rice, cotton, sugarcane and pulses |
|
Laterite
|
Karnataka, Kerala,
Tamilnadu, Madhya Pradesh, Assam and Orissa hills. |
Western Rajastan, north
Gujarat and southern Punjab |
Organic matter,
Nitrogen, Phosphate and Calcium |
Cashewnuts, tea,
coffee, rubber |
|
Arid
and Desert |
Western
Rajastan, north Gujarat and southern Punjab |
Soluble
salts, phosphate |
Humus,
Nitrogen |
Only
drought resistant and salt tolerant crops such as barley, rape, cotton, millets maize and pulses |
|
Saline
and Alkaline |
Western Gujarat, deltas
of eastern coast, Sunderban areas of West Bengal, Punjab and Haryana |
Sodium, Potassium,
Magnesium |
Nitrogen and Calcium
|
Unfit for agriculture
|
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