Answer the following questions in about 30 words. What type of soil is found in the river deltas of the eastern coast ?

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Answer the following questions in about 30 words. What type of soil is found in the river deltas of the eastern coast ?

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Answer the following questions in about 30 words. What type of soil is found in the river deltas of the eastern coast ? Give three main features of this type of soil.

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    2. The type of soil which is found in the river deltas of the Eastern Coast are Alluvial Soil.

      • Alluvial soil is also found in the eastern coastal plains particularly in the deltas of the Kaveri river, Krishna river, Mahanadi river, and the Godavari river.
      • Alluvial soil is deposited by 3 important Himalayan river systems – Brahmaputra, Ganges, Indus river.
      • The complete Northern plains of India is constituted with Alluvial soil
      • Alluvial soil is the most important and widely spread soil.

      Features of Alluvial Soil:

      • Alluvial soils in the drier areas can be productive after irrigation and proper treatment as they are more alkaline.
      • The alluvial soil is very fertile.
      • Due to the high fertility of Alluvial soil many crops are cultivated in this soil.
      • The crops which are grown in alluvial soil are pulse crops, cereals, wheat, paddy, and sugarcane.
      • The alluvial soil contains adequate proportions of lime, phosphoric acid and potash.
      • The alluvial soil is coarse in the upper reaches of the river valley.
      • Such soils are more common in piedmont plains such as Terai, Chos, and Duars.
      • Soil particles look bigger in size, as we move inlands towards the river valleys.
      • Alluvial soil has various proportions of clay, silt and sand.
      • Alluvial soil is also described on the basis of age apart from components and size of the grains in the soil.
      • On the basis of age, alluvial soil is classified into Khadar (new alluvial soil) and Bangar (old alluvial soil).
      • Khadar soil is more fertile than bangar and Khadar type of alluvial soil has more fine particles.
      • kanker nodules are found in higher concentration in Khadar soil than in Bangar type of Alluvial soil
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