Multiple choice

Which of the following types of soil is typical of the tropical regions that receive heavy rainfall?

  1. Alluvial

  2. Laterite

  3. Saline

  4. Regur
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Laterites are soil types rich in iron and aluminium, formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are rusty-red because of iron oxides. They develop by intensive and long-lasting weathering of the underlying parent rock.

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