How many types of soils are there? Describe any of the four types of soil.
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There are six main soil types
Alluvial soil: Materials deposited by rivers, winds, glaciers and sea waves are called alluvium and soils made up of alluvium are alluvial soils.
Laterite and Lateritic soils: Laterite is a kind of clayey rock or soil formed under high temperature and high rainfall.
Red Soils: Red soils develop on granite and geneses rocks under low rainfall condition. The dissemination of red oxides of iron gives the characteristic red color of the soil.
Black Soils or Regur soils: The regur or black soils have developed extensively upon the Lava Plateaus of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh mainly Malwa.
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.
Mountain soil: Soils are varied in mountains. Alluvium is found at the valley floor, brown soil, rich in organic matter, in an altitudinal zone lying between about 700-1800 m.
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