GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Black cotton soil is rich in clay, which has very small sized particles. These small sized particles obstruct water movement and hence, this soil has high water holding capacity and low percolation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Th clay had the slowest infiltration rate, then the fine sandy loam, and the sand had the fastest infiltration rate. Therefore, the larger particles had a faster infiltration rate.

Detailed explanation-3: -In coarse soils, the rain or irrigation water enters and moves more easily into larger pores; it takes less time for the water to infiltrate into the soil. In other words, infiltration rate is higher for coarse textured soils than for fine textured soils.

Detailed explanation-4: -Loams – 0.2 to 0.4 inches per hour. Silty clay loams & clay soils-< 0.2 inches per hour.