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write a short note on alluvial soil |
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Answer» Alluvial soil\xa0is the main and important\xa0soil\xa0that spreads across the river plains. They are formed by deposition of materials or sediments (alluvium) brought in down by rivers that consist of silt, sand, clay, etc. ...\xa0Alluvial soil\xa0which is found in the deltas of river is called deltaic\xa0alluvium\xa0(coastal\xa0alluvium). Alluvial soil\xa0is the main and important\xa0soil\xa0that spreads across the river plains. They are formed by deposition of materials or sediments (alluvium) brought in down by rivers that consist of silt, sand, clay, etc. ...\xa0Alluvial soil\xa0which is found in the deltas of river is called deltaic\xa0alluvium\xa0(coastal\xa0alluvium). \xa0Alluvial soil is the main and important soil that spreads across the river plains.\t\xa0Alluvial soil is very fertile.\tIt is most suitable for agriculture.\tIt is also known as riverine soil.\t\xa0Alluvial soils are transported soils.\t\xa0They are formed by deposition of materials or sediments (alluvium) brought in down by rivers that consist of silt, sand, clay, etc.\tThey have been deposited by the Indo-Gangetic-Brahmaputra rivers (the Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra rivers) which are the three important rivers of Himalaya.\tSome of them have been formed by the sea waves or due to wave action in the coastal areas or regions.\t\xa0They are the largest soil group of India that cover about 15 lakh square kilometres (about 40% of the total land of the country).\tRice, wheat, cotton, maize, sugarcane, jute, tobacco, oil seeds, millets, pulses, vegetables and fruits, etc. are the crops that grown in it.\tIt is found in the plains of northern India (Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam and Orissa), the delta reigons of southern India, the river basin and the deltas of rivers (the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Cauvery). |
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