TYPES OF SOIL
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STATES WHERE FOUND
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RICH IN
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LACKS IN
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CROPS GROWN
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Black
(Regur soil)
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Deccan plateau-
Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh,
Gujarat, Andhra
Pradesh,Tamil
Nadu, Valleys of Krishna
and Godavari.
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Lime, Iron,
Magnesia and Alumina,
Potash
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Phosphorous,
Nitrogen and organic
matter
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Cotton,
sugarcane, Jowar, tobacco, wheat, rice etc.
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Red
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Eastern and southern
part of the deccan plateau, Orissa, Chattisgarh and southern parts of the middle Ganga plain.
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Iron and
Potash.
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Nitrogen, Phosphorous
and humus.
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Wheat, rice, cotton,
sugarcane and pulses.
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Alluvial
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Mainly found in the
plains of Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand etc.
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Potash and
Lime
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Lime,Nitrogen
and Phosphorous
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Large variety of rabi
and kharif crops such as
wheat, rice, sugarcane, cotton, jute etc
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Laterite
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Karnataka, Kerala,
Tamilnadu, Madhya Pradesh, Assam and
Orissa hills.
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Western Rajastan,
north Gujarat and
southern Punjab.
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Organic matter,
Nitrogen, Phosphate and Calcium.
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Cashewnuts, tea, coffee,
rubber.
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Saline and
Alkaline
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Western Gujarat, deltas
of eastern coast, Sunderban areas of West Bengal, Punjab and
Haryana
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Sodium,
Potassium,
Magnesium.
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Nitrogen and
Calcium
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Unfit for agriculture.
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Arid and
Desert
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Western
Rajastan, north Gujarat and southern Punjab
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Soluble salts,
phosphate.
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Humus,
Nitrogen
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Only drought
resistant and
salt tolerant
crops such as barley,
rape, cotton, millets
maize and pulses
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