compare and contrast the black soils with red soils
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Black soil are black in colour and are also known as regur soils.Black soil is ideal for growing cotton and is also known as black cotton soil. It is believed that climatic conditions along with the parent rock material are the important factors for the formation of black soil.
Where as...
Red soil are red in color.These soils are not ideal for growing cotton.These soils have been formed by the decomposition of granite, gneiss charnocite and diorite rocks.
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Red soils
1. Red soil is formed due to weathering of igneous and metamorphic rocks.
2. It is highly porous and less fertile but where it is deep it is fertile.
3. It is less crystalline.
4. It is red in colour due to the presence of iron in it.
They occur in parts of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Jharkhand.
black soil.....
It occurs where the annual rainfall is between 50 cm to 75 cm and the number of rainy days is from 30 to 50.
The colour of these soils varies from deep black to light black and chestnut and is dependent on the colour of the mechanical fractions.
It occurs where the annual rainfall is between 50 cm to 75 cm and the number of rainy days is from 30 to 50.
The colour of these soils varies from deep black to light black and chestnut and is dependent on the colour of the mechanical fractions.
In general these soils are rich in iron, lime, calcium, potash, aluminum and magnesium carbonates but poor in nitrogen, phosphorus and organic matter