GK
SOIL AND AGRICULTURE
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Question
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Black soils
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Laterite soils
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Marshy soils
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Alluvial soils
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Himalayan river systems deposited large amounts of soil in the Northern Plains over a large period of time. This soil is found extensively in the Northern Plains and other river valleys in India. This soil, which is very fertile, is called alluvial soil and is well suited for agriculture.
Detailed explanation-2: -Alluvial soil is the most widely spread and important soil. In fact, the entire northern plains are made of alluvial soil. These have been deposited by three important Himalayan river systems– the Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra.
Detailed explanation-3: -The entire northern plains (including parts of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar (Almost entirely), Chandigarh, Delhi (almost entirely), Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal) are made of alluvial soil.