Question

Describe any six characteristics of black soils.

Answer 1

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Characteristics of black soil:

✔These soils 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.
✔this type of soil is typical of the deccan trap[basalt] region spread over northwest deccan plateau.
✔ this type of soil is made up of lava flows and well known for their capacity of hold moisture.
✔It is common in Maharashtra, western parts of Madhya Pradesh, parts of Andhra Pradesh, parts of Gujarat, and some parts of Tamil Nadu.
✔the black soil is called regur soil because- :its enrichment in soil nutrients. :regur is a local name in decan plateau

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Answer 2

Answer:

Black soil is also called "regur soil".

The features of regur soil are as follows :

• It is fine textured and clayey in nature.

• It has high quantities of lime, iron, magnesium and generally poor percentage of phosphorous, nitrogen and organic matter.

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

• It is very clayey (upto 50% clay content) and, therefore, highly retentive of water. Because of high clay content, these soils expand when wet and become difficult to plough. During the dry season, the black soils shrink and develop big cracks which help in air circulation.

• The soil is very fertile in most of the places.

• It is suitable for cultivation of cotton, jowar, wheat, sugarcane, linseed and gram.

• In any season it has moisture stored in its subsoil.

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