Types of soil found in sikkim
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Dominant soils are Typic Haplumbrepts and Fluventic Hapludolls. They occur in association with moderately shallow to shallow, somewhat excessively drained coarse- loamy to loamy-skeletal soils with strong surface stoniness and severe erosion. Associated soils are classified as Typic Udorthents and Lithic Haplumbrepts.
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The soils found in Sikkim are mainly classified into red loam, red, and yellow soils.
Types of soil in Sikkim
- The soils in Sikkim are mainly classified in respect of their morphology, and physical and chemical characteristics.
- There were a total of 78 families of soils found in Sikkim
- The red loam and red and yellow soils are generally dark browns in color with a reddish top layer.
- Sikkim also comprises fine loamy soils that are lightly textured on sandstones.
Thus, the state of Sikkim has a lot of variety in soils but the red loam soils are the main type found there.
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