USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Black soils are derivatives of trap lava and are spread mostly across interior Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Madhya Pradesh on the Deccan lava plateau and the Malwa Plateau, where there is both moderate rainfall and underlying basaltic rock.

Detailed explanation-2: -Black cotton soil is mostly found in the Deccan trap region. Most states of India which includes Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and some parts of Tamil Nadu are covered by the black soil. Black cotton soil is clayey in nature and is widely used for the purpose of agriculture.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cotton is grown on a variety of soils ranging from well drained deep alluvial soils in the north to black clayey soils of varying depth in central region and in black and mixed black and red soils in south zone.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is a type of soil that is dark in color. In other parts of the world, black cotton soil is referred to as tropical chernozems. ‘ These soils are referred to as black cotton soils since they are well-known for cotton farming.