TITLE: TYPES OF SOIL

TOPIC: AGRICULTURE

Grade: 8A Roll No.: 07

Subject: Geography
Term 1 AY 2023-24

Presentation title 1
 Characteristics of different types of soil….

Characteristics of Red Characteristics of

soil Alluvial soil
• Red soil • The 3 main
contains large characteristics of alluvial
amounts of clay and soil are that This soil is
thin organic and very fertile in nature.
organic-mineral layers Alluvial soil is mainly
of highly leached soil used for the production
resting on an alluvium of vegetables. Various
proportions of sand, silt,
red layer. Red soil has and clay in different
a high percentage of amounts form the alluvial
iron oxide and is soil.
porous in nature.
 Characteristics of different types of soil….

Characteristics of Laterite Characteristics of Black

soil soil
• Laterite soil is rich in • It has a clayey texture and
aluminum and iron, is very fertile in nature. The
formed in wet and hot pH of black soil ranges
tropical areas. Almost from. 2 – 8 . 5 at 25 ° C.
all laterites are rusty The soil is rich in
red due to the Potash/calcium/Magnesi-
presence of iron um but less in Nitrogen
oxides. It is prepared Nitrogen/Phosphate
by the long-lasting and content. It is generally soft
intensive weathering of when wet but gets hard on
the parent rock. drying.

Presentation title
 DIFFERENCE OF THESE SOIL….
Alluvial soil
• These soil are formed by the
deposition of the river, these are
fine & very fertile, they are very
nutritious for crops like rice &
wheat.
Laterite soil
• They are formed by weathering rocks,
they are not that fertile as other but the
growth of grass in this soil is in
abundance. They are a mixture of little
clay and much gravel of red
sandstones. They are suitable for crops
like rubber, coffee, tea and etc.
Black soil
• These soil are formed by
weathering up of igneous rocks
and lava flow, it is rich in potash,
calcium and magnesium. It is
suitable for crops like cotton and
millets.
Red soil
They are formed due to weathering
of igneous and metamorphic rocks,
its highly porous and fertile its is red
dure to the presence of iron. It is
suitable for crops like pulse and rice
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 Location….

Alluvial Red Black Laterite

Alluvial soil is Red soil is
found in the mostly found Black soil is It is found in the
regions of Indo- in Tamil Nadu, found southern part of
Gangetic plains, Bombay, in Maharashtra, Maharashtra,
Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Karnataka,
Haryana, Uttar Andhra Pradesh, Andhra
Pradesh, Bihar, Pradesh, as northern parts Pradesh, West
West Bengal, well as of Karnataka, Bengal, Orissa,
Assam as well Karnataka and parts of Gujarat, Jharkhand,
as in the in Odisha and Telangana, and Kerala, Assam,
northern parts West Bengal as Tamil Nadu. etc.
of Gujarat. well.
Presentation title 5
 Map of india with the
markings of the
following types of soil:
Red soil
Black soil
Laterite soil
Alluvial soil

 Kindly ignore the extra 2 markings in the map I couldn’t find

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map with the 4 types of soil given.
Thank you !!