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प्रश्न
How is clayey soil useful for crops?
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उत्तर १
Due to the very small size of the particles of clayey soil, particles are packed tightly and therefore can retain water. Clayey soil is also rich in organic matter. For growing crops such as wheat, gram, and paddy, the soil that is good at retaining water and rich in organic matter is suitable. Therefore, clayey soils having these characteristics are useful for such kind of crops.
उत्तर २
Following are the properties of clayey soil:
1) It has very good water holding capacity.
2) It is rich in organic matter.
For growing crops such as wheat, gram, and paddy, the soil that is good at retaining water and rich in organic matter is suitable. Therefore, clayey soils having these characteristics are useful for such kind of crops
संबंधित प्रश्न
State two cash crops that grow well in alluvial soil.
Answer the following questions in about 30 words.
What type of soil is found in the river deltas of the eastern coast? Give three main features of this type of soil.
Which two types of Soils are the most important Soils?
Where are Alluvial Soils found in India?
How is the Alluvial Soil found in the Ganga plain different from that found in the Godavari valley?
Where is Laterite Soil found?
Why Black soil is Black in colour?
Distinguish between the following.
Alluvial soil and red soil.
Give a single word for the following:
The loose rock material, together with humus, forming the uppermost layer of the earth’s crust and serving a source of food and moisture for plants.
Give a single word for the following:
The process of percolation by which valuable mineral nutrients are washed down from the top layer of the Soil only to deposit them in the lower layers, making the top Soil infertile.
