Explain the importance of black soil
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The following are five important characteristics of Black soil:
It is fine textured and clayey in nature.
It has high amounts of lime, iron, magnesium and generally low quantities of phosphorus, nitrogen and organic matter.
It is black in colour since it is formed from weathered lava rocks.
It has up to 50% clay content and therefore is highly retentive of water. Because of the high clay content, these soils expand when wet and become difficult to plough through. During the dry season, these soils shrink and develop big cracks which help in the circulation of air.
The soil is extremely fertile in most of the places where it is found.
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this soil also known as regur and black cotton soil they are best suited for cotton cultivation they are derived from basalt rock so they are dark grey to black in colour with high clay content they are highly retentive of moisture and extremely compact they are best suited for the cultivation of cotton sugarcane maize pulses wheat and Chillies this are largely found in the Deccan Bazar trap region including Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh parts of Telangana Northern part of Karnataka parts of Gujarat and tamilnadu about 5.46 lakh kilometre square in India