Tag: geography

• Laterite soils are developed in the areas with high temperature and heavy rainfall.
  
• Laterite soil is a rock type soil rich in iron and aluminium, and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas.

Major soil of North India is Alluvial soil and mostly in northern plains or northern Indian states like Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar etc.

Regur soil is suitable for cotton cultivation. It is a black coloured soil. It is said be perfect for cotton cultivation. It is rich in iron content.

The soil is a living system. It takes millions of years to form soil upto a few cm in depth. Relief, parent rock or bedrock, climate, vegetation and other forms of life and time are important factors in the formation of soil.

The thin layer of grainy substance covering the surface of the earth is called soil. In the upper most layer of the earth it it is available in the loosey material form. Soil is made up of organic matter, minerals and weathered rocks found on the earth. This happens through the process of weathering.

• Soil research has shown that soil profiles are influenced by five separate, yet interacting, factors: parent material, climate, topography, organisms, and time.
  
•  Soil scientists call these the factors of soil formation.