INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -The newer and younger deposits of the floodplains are called Khadar. This region has the new alluvial soil which gets renewed almost every year and so are fertile. It is ideal for intensive agriculture.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Khadar is composed of newer alluvium and forms the flood plains along the river banks. They are sandy clays and loams, more dry and leached, less calcareous and carbonaceous. The banks are flooded almost every year and a new layer of alluvium is deposited with every flood.

Detailed explanation-3: -A floodplain (or floodplain) is a generally flat area of land next to a river or stream. It stretches from the banks of the river to the outer edges of the valley. A floodplain consists of two parts. The first is the main channel of the river itself, called the floodway.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bangar is a less fertile soil and it is an old alluvial soil. Bangar areas are less prone to flooding but are usually more sandy and less fertile as well. They consist of a higher concentration of kankar nodules. They are slightly elevated terraces. That’s why these areas are less fertile.

Detailed explanation-5: -Khadar is an alluvial soil that can be found all throughout the floodplains. Khadar refers to low-lying portions of a river floodplain that are often narrower than unflooded bangar sections.