Differentiate the soil of Andhra Pradesh and soil of Punjab ?
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SOILS
Soil may be defined as a thin layer of earth crust which serves as a natural medium for the growth of the plants.
SOIL STRUCTURE
It refers to the arrangement of soil particles. It is one of the important property of soil, since it influences aeration, permeability and water capacity.
Types of structure
Platy - Horizontal alignment
Prism like - Columnar type
Block like - Angular or sub- angular types
Spiroidal - Granular and crumb types
SOIL TEXTURE
The varying proportions of particles of different size groups in a soil constitute is known as soil texture.
The principle textural classes are clay, clay loam, sandy clay, silt clay, sandy clay loam, silty clay loam, sandy loam, silt loam, sand, loamy sand and silt
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Agricultural Profile of Andhra Pradesh
Rainfall:
The rainfall of Andhra Pradesh is influenced by both the South-West and North-West and North-East mansoons. The normal annual rainfall of the state is 925 mm. Major portion (68.5%) of the rainfall is contributed by South-West mansoon (June-Sept) followed by North-East mansoon (Oct.-Dec. 22.3%). The rest (9.2%) of the rainfall is received during the Winter and Summer months.

The rainfall distribution in the three regions of the state of the state differs with the season and monsoon. The influence of south west monsoon is predominant in Telangana region (764.5 mm) followed by Coastal Andhra (602.26 mm) and Rayalaseema (378.5 mm). Where as the the North-East monsoon provides a high amount of rainfall (316.8 mm) to Coastal Andhra area followed by Rayalaseema (224.3) and Telangana (97.1 mm). There are no significant differences in the distribution of rainfall during the winter and Hot weather periods among the three regions. The following Table gives a detailed picture of the rainfall distribution (monsoonwise and regionwise) during 1997-98.
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MonsoonCoastal AndhraRayalaseemaTelanganaAndhra PradeshS.W. Monsoon(June to Sept)Actual601.70368.20506.10519.50Normal602.60378.50764.50634.00N.E. Monsoon(October to December)Actual299.80245.80166.30232.40Normal316.80224.3097.10206.00Winter Period(January to February)Actual35.100.0011.5018.70Normal20.4012.2010.8013.00Hot Weather Priod(March to May)Actual71.1077.0044.0060.3094.7079.0056.0072.00Total Rainfall(June to May)Actual1008691728831Normal1034694928925
Source: BES, AP
Soils:
Andhra Pradesh is endowed with a variety of soils ranging from poor coastal sands to highly fertile deltaic alluviums. Red soils occupy over 66% of the cultivated area and are mostly situated in Rayalaseema districts. These soils have a low nutrient status. Red earths which are commonly termed as Red soils can be sub-classified as (a) Dubba soils (loamy sands to sandy loams) (b) Chalkas (Sandy loam soils) (c) Sandy clay loams (d) Loams including silty soils (e) Deep loamy sands and (f) Sandy loams with clay sub-soil. Chalkas occur mostly in the Telangana districts while red loams combined with sands are present in the upland regions of coastal districts.
Black soils cover nearly 25% of the cultivated area and are generally associated with poor drainage. They are also called as Regurs or Vertisols and are of two types. The first category in-situ soils while the other one is transported soils. While the first category can be noticed in the coastal districts and parts of Telangana and Rayalaseema, the second category occur in the valley regions of the slopes with calcareous concentrations. The in-situ soils are generally heavy in texture and high in salt concentration.
The alluvial loamy clay soils found in Krishna and Godavari deltas cover 5% of the cultivated area. The coastal sands occupy only 3% while the remaining 1% is covered by laterite soils in certain packets of the state.
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