Explain some features of black soil
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Some features of black soil are:-
- Clayey texture and are highly fertile.
- Rich in calcium carbonate, magnesium, potash, and lime but poor in nitrogen and phosphorous.
- Highly retentive of moisture, extremely compact and tenacious when wet.
- Contractible and develops deep wide cracks on drying.
- Calcareous and neutral to mild alkaline in reaction, high in carbon exchange capacity and low in organic matter
- Self-ploughing and comparatively less fertile on the uplands than on the lowlands.
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