Question

What is soil priofile given name of some factors responsible for soil formation

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Some of the important factors of soil formation are mentioned below:

1. Parent Material:

The material for soil formation is mainly derived from the rocks and is termed as the parent material by soil scientists. The parent material determines the colouration of the soil, its mineral composition and texture. India possesses a great variety of parent material which is generally categorised into following six classes:

(i) Ancient crystalline and metamorphic rocks

(ii) Cuddapah and Vindhyan rocks

(iii) Gondwana rocks

(iv) Deccan basalts

(v) Recent and sub-recent rocks.