Explain red and yellow soils in brief.
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Red soil is a type of soil that develops in a warm, temperate, moist climate under deciduous or mixed forest, having thin organic and organic-mineral layers overlying a yellowish-brown leached layer resting on an illuvium red layer.
soil formed under broad-leaved forests in humid subtropical regions, chiefly on parent material fromclayey shales. It has an acid reaction and low humus content, and its yellow color
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It is red in colour and covers 10.6% of India's total geographical area. The red colour of this type of soil is due to diffusion of iron particles into Crystalline and metamorphic rocks in low rainfall areas of the Deccan Plateau (Eastern and Southern parts). It turns yellow in its hydrated form. It is found in parts of Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka,Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and the Chotanagpur plateau areas of Chhatisgarh and Jharkhand.