Question

Write any five characteristics of laterite soil........?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

It is red in colour with high content of iron oxides.

High content of acidity and inability to retain moisture

Extreme form of red tropical soil type.

Leached of alkalis and silica.

Accumulation of sesquioxides in top layer.

Crust formation near the surface, nodular concretions, induration

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Answer 2

★ Laterite Soil:

→ They are well developed in hills of Deccan Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha and parts of Assam and Meghalaya.

→ Formed as a result of leaching process.

→ They lack in fertility and normally of low value of crop production.

→ They are red in colour and composed of little clay and much gravel of sandstone.

→ Red laterite soils are more suitable for crops like cashew nut.

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