{"id":748,"date":"2010-06-29T18:51:17","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T02:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=748"},"modified":"2010-06-29T18:51:17","modified_gmt":"2010-06-30T02:51:17","slug":"types-of-soil-in-india-alluvial-soil-and-black-soil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=748","title":{"rendered":"Types of Soil in India-Alluvial Soil and Black Soil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Types of Soil in India<\/span><br \/>\nThe main categories of soils in India are: (i) Alluvial soils (ii)  Black soils (iii) Red soils (iv) Laterite soils (v) Mountain and hill  soils (vi) Terai soils (vii) Desert (or Arid) soil and (viii) Peat  soils.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Alluvial soil and Black soil<\/span><br \/>\nAlluvial soil is that soil which is formed by deposition of silts  brought down by the rivers. It is rich in hydrated oxides of iron and is  very fertile. Black soil or the black cotton soil has a good  water-holding capacity and is best suited for deep-rooted crops like  cotton. The black soil in wet condition is compact and sticky.<\/p>\n<p>The most extensive soil cover of India comprises alluvial soils.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Soil Erosion: <\/span>The soils are  usually six to twelve inches in depth. In course of time, the fertility  level of the soil is depleted with the result that the soil no longer  remains suitable for agriculture. Soil conservation is, therefore,  necessary for continued agricultural prosperity.<\/p>\n<p>The agencies of erosion are winds, water and waves of which the  water erosion is most common. Rain water removes soil from the surface  of sloping lands. Winds remove top soil of lands.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Laterite soils<\/span> are formed by  the weathering of laterite rocks. These can be distinguished from other  soils by their acidity. Laterite soils are generally poor on the higher  levels and cannot retain moisture. In the plains, however, they consist  of heavy loams and clay and can retain moisture.<\/p>\n<p>Laterite soils occur in Madhya Pradesh, Assam and along the Eastern  and Western Ghats. Tea plantation requires acidity which is there in the  laterite soil. It is, therefore, common in these areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Types of Soil in India The main categories of soils in India are: (i) Alluvial soils (ii) Black soils (iii) Red soils (iv) Laterite soils (v) Mountain and hill soils &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=748\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[583,493,741],"tags":[8190,8191,8192,8193,8194,8195,8196,8197,8198],"class_list":["post-748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-earth-and-environmental-club","category-generalknowledge-india","category-geography","tag-alluvial-soil-and-black-soil","tag-alluvial-soils","tag-black-soils","tag-desert-or-arid-soil","tag-laterite-soils-v-mountain-and-hill-soils","tag-peat-soils","tag-red-soils","tag-terai-soils","tag-types-of-soil-in-india","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}