Question

define laterite soil?​

Answer 1

Answer:

laterite soil is the result of instance leaching off soil. Over a long period of time....

But crops can be grown by using fertilizers..only.

Crops like = coffee, rubber, tea can be grown..

laterite soil is acidic in nature, coarse and crumbling in texture..

Due to lack of nitrogen, potassium and organic elements laterite soil lack its fertility..

Answer 2

Answer:

Laterite is a soil and rock type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content. They develop by intensive and prolonged weathering of the underlying parent rock.