Question

Remarks of alluvial soil

Answer 1

★ Alluvial soil is the main and important soil that spreads across the river plains.

★ Alluvial soil is very fertile.

★ It is most suitable for agriculture. 

★ It is also known as riverine soil.

★ Alluvial soils are transported soils.

★ They are formed by deposition of materials or sediments (alluvium) brought in down by rivers that consist of silt, sand, clay, etc.

★ Some of them have been formed by the sea waves or due to wave action in the coastal areas or regions.

★ Rice, wheat, cotton, maize, sugarcane, jute, tobacco, oil seeds, millets, pulses, vegetables and fruits, etc. are the crops that grown in it.


★ There are two types of alluvial soil:-

• Khadar (New alluvium) 

☆ It is more fertile than the Bhangar.

☆ It does not contain calcareous deposits (kankars).

• Bhangar (Old alluvium)

☆ It is less fertile than the Khadar.

☆ It contains calcareous deposits (kankars).