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Identify the soil that gets accumulated at its place of origin only.1. Glacial soil2. Residual soil3. Transported soil4. Aeolian soil

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : Residual soil

Explanation:

Almost all soil is derived from the disintegration of rocks. Disintegrated materials also known as sediments. 

All the soils are mainly divided into two parts-

1). Residual Soil:

  • If Disintegrated materials remain over the parent rock then the soil is called Residual soil.
  • Characteristics of residual soil depend on climatic conditions, natural drainage pattern, form, and extent of vegetation cover.

Example- Bentonite is a type of chemically weathered volcanic ash that is present on the parent rock from which it is formed.

2. Transported soil:

  • If sediments are transported and deposited at other places then it is called transported soil.
  • Sediments are transported by winds, water, glacier, etc. Some transported soils are-

Alluvial – transported in running water (rivers)

Lacustrine – Deposited by still water (lakes)

Marine – Deposited by seawater

Aeolian – Transported by wind

Glacial – Transported by ice

Colluvial – Transported by gravity



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