Question

Difference between coastal alluvial and deltaic alluvial(each 4 points)

Answer 1

Deltaic alluvium is more fertile than the Coastal alluvium because as the Coastal alluvium is being mixed with sands, and has been lacked the meagre power of water-preserving than its counter part. The deltaic alluvium has been enriched with newly river-deposited alluvial components. The deltaic alluvium, which is known as Khadar, is very fertile due to the new layers are deposited year after year during monsoon floods. The deltaic alluvium is found in deltas of the Ganga-Brahmaputra, Godvari, Mahanadi and Kaveri rivers. Coastal alluvium is found in coastal areas of Peninsular India.