Question

explain four characteristics of a lateral soil name two region where it is found in India​

Answer 1

Answer:

Laterite soils are mostly the end products of weathering.

They are formed under conditions of high temperature and heavy rainfall with alternate wet and dry periods.

Heavy rainfall promotes leaching (nutrients gets washed away by water) of soil whereby lime and silica are leached away and a soil rich in oxides of iron and aluminium compounds is left behind.

‘Laterite’ means brick in Latin. They harden greatly on loosing moisture.

Laterite soils are red in colour due to little clay and more gravel of red sand-stones.

Explanation:

region where it is found is:

Laterite soils cover an area of 2.48 lakh sq km.

Continuous stretch of laterite soil is found on the summits of Western Ghats at 1000 to 1500 m above mean sea level, Eastern Ghats, the Rajmahal Hills, Vindhyan, Satpuras and Malwa Plateau.

They also occur at lower levels and in valleys in several other parts of the country.

They are well developed in south Maharashtra, parts of Karnataka etc. and are widely scattered in other regions.

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