Which of the following statements is correct:
a) Sandy soil retains moisture.
b) Black soil retains more moisture.
c) Black-sandy soil retains moisture.
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Clay soil retains high amount of the water and it remain the land cool and have water for ever.
On using this type of the clay soil, you can meet all sort of the additional support to meet end to end features of it.
It has additional support to making the bricks, wall and other floor tiles in fine manner.
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Black soil retains more moisture, so, option (b) is correct.
Explanation:
- Compare to all soils the clay soil contain a high amount of water holding capacity.
- Sandy soil have lowest water holding capacity.
- Based on the particle size of the soil is determined the water retention capacity.
- The 30 to 80 percent of clay content present in the black soil, so, black soil retains more moisture.
- The moisture holding capacity of black soil is 150 to 250 mm/m.
- In black soil, water is strongly bind with smectitic clay.
- So, water is not available to plants.
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