give a brief account of the soils found in india
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2. Laterite and Lateritic soils: Laterite is a kind of clayey rock or soil formed under high temperature and high rainfall. Laterite and lateritic soils are found in South Maharashtra, the Western Ghats in Kerala and Karnataka etc. These soils are generally infertile. Plants like tea, coffee, etc. are grown in this soil.
3. Red Soils: Red soils develop on granite and geneses rocks under low rainfall condition. This soil is mainly found in Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Orissa etc. But these have capacity to grow good crops after taking help of irrigation and fertilizers. Wheat, rice and cotton are cultivated here.
4. Black Soils or Regur soils: The black soil have developed extensively upon the Lava Plateaus of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh. It is clayey, becomes very sticky when wet. It is very fertile. This type of soil is specially suited to the cultivation of cotton and hence sometimes called ‘black cotton soil.’
5. Desert soil: The soils of Rajasthan, Haryana and the South Punjab are sandy. In the absence of sufficient wash by rain water soils have become saline and rather unfit for cultivation. In spite of that cultivation can be carried on with the help of modern irrigation. Wheat, bajra, groundnut, etc. can be grown in this soil.
6. Mountain soil: Soils are varied in mountains. In the Alpine forest belts the soils are thin and darker in color. This type of soil is suitable for the cultivation of potatoes, fruits, tea coffee and spices and wheat.
India being a place of diversity along with different climatic conditions there are different types of soils present.
Major types of soils found are clay soils, desert soils, alluvial soils, loamy soils etc.
Regulary found soils are black soils found in and around Andhra Pradesh
Alluvial soils are majorly found in and around Gujarat.
Desert soils are majorly found in Rajastan.