Question

what is saline and alkaline​

Answer 1

saline means salty

alkaline means a hydroxide of an element that when dissolved in water releases hydroxyl ions

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Answer 2

Answer:

Saline Soil: When the soil contains excess of sodium salts and clay complex still contains exchangeable calcium, the soil is known as saline soil or white alkali or brown alkali soil. ... (i) Saline soils contain usually chloride, sulphate, bicarbonates and sometime nitrates of sodium.Soils may be alkaline due to over-liming acidic soils. Also, alkaline irrigation waters may cause soil alkalinity and this is treatable, but alkaline soils are primarily caused by a calcium carbonate-rich parent material weathering (developing) in an arid or dry environment