Geography, asked by madhavakrishna108, 11 months ago

Difference between black soil and Arid soil

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Answered by shubhra28
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Answer:

black soil is clayey soil.hard to tilt on it whereas arid soil are sandy in nature.

contains large no. of kanker nodules in it .

Answered by ItsTogepi
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Black soil:

  • This soil covers 16.6%of the total land area of the India.
  • The soil is composed of basic lava spread during volcanic activity in the Deccan plateau region.
  • The soil vary in colour from black to chestnut brown, medium black or even mixture of red and black.
  • They are fine grained with more than 60%of clay.
  • Black soil contain lime,aluminum, iron, potash, magnesium carbonates and calcium. They are deficient in phosphate and nitrogen.
  • Because of their high fertility and moisture retentive capacity crops like cotton, wheat, rice, sugarcane, groundnut are grown on it.
  • They are found in the region of Maharashtra, parts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

Arid soil (Desert soil):

  • The arid soil cover an area of 1.4 lakh sq.km. in India.
  • It is composed of 90%of sand and 5%of clay and other materials.
  • The soil is yellowish to brown in colour.
  • It is coarse grained and porous in nature.
  • There is a high percentage of soluble salts, silica etc.
  • Hardy drought resistant crops like millet barley,cotton,bajra, wheat and groundnut are grown on this soil with the help of irrigation.
  • This soil is mainly found in arid and semi--arid regions of Rajasthan and Punjab and Haryana.

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