Question

Compare red, yellow and black soil.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Yellow or red soil indicates the presence of oxidized ferric iron oxides. Dark brown or black color in soil indicates that the soil has a high organic matter content. Wet soil will appear darker than dry soil. Red soil derived iron rich source (parent rock).

Answer 2

Answer:

Red soil is a type of soil that develops in a warm, temperate, moist climate having thin organic layer. The parent material is granite rock and the colour is red due to the presence of iron oxide which occurs as haematite and when it occurs in hydrated form it becomes limonite which is yellow in colour.

Explanation:

some points about black soil are as follows..

It is fine textured and clayey in nature.

It has high amounts of lime, iron, magnesium and generally low quantities of phosphorus, nitrogen and organic matter.

It is black in colour since it is formed from weathered lava rocks.

It has up to 50% clay content and therefore

Black Soil is also known as cooton soil (ncert point)

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