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प्रश्न
What is the difference between Khadar and Bhangar?
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उत्तर
| Basis | Bhangar | Khadar |
| Composition | It is a highland composed of old alluvium. | It’s a lowland composed of new alluvium. |
| Flood | It is always above the level of flood plains. | It is flooded almost every year. |
| Fertility | It comprises canvanious nodules. | It comprises clay soil which is normally fertile. |
| Suitability | It is not much suited for agriculture. | It is suited for agriculture. Intensive agriculture is practiced here. |
| Other names | It is known as dhaya in Punjab. | It is known as bate in Punjab. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Why does alluvial soil differ in texture?
State two cash crops that grow well in alluvial soil.
With reference to black soil answer the following:
Give one chemical property of this soil.
State the characteristic of each of the soils named below that makes them most suitable for crop cultivation:
Red Soil
Mention the types of Soils found in India.
Or
Name the four major Soil types found in India, leaving out desert and mountain Soils.
Or
Name four major groups of Soil found in the Indian Plains and Plateaus.
What do you understand by Humus?
Name the Soil known for its self-ploughing quality and the capacity to hold moisture. Name any two cash crops for which it is specially suited.
Which minerals are found in Regur Soil?
What are the different types of Soil according to their Zones?
How is Black Soil formed?
Explain the origin of the Black Soil. Name two States in India, which have Black Soil.
What are mineral deficiencies of Red Soil? How can they be corrected?
Where is Laterite Soil found?
Define ‘Leaching’? In which region South of the Tropic of Cancer, can one find Soil formed by ‘Leaching’?
Name the varieties of Alluvial Soils. Where are they found?
Why Black soil is Black in colour?
Name one state in India which mostly has Red Soil.
Alluvial soil and red soil.
Alluvial soils found in the lower courses and the upper courses of rivers.
Name the soil which
Covers the summits of the Eastern Ghats.
Name the soil which
is sticky when wet and cracks when dry.
Name the transported Soil most widely found in India. State the two sub-categories into which it is generally divided. What are their local names and which one of them is superior to the other.
Which Soil is found suitable to grow coffee in Karnataka?
Give information on:
Measures of soil conservation.
Give information on importance of soils for plant growth.
Complete the following table with reference to the soil.
| Action | Effect | Result (w.r.t. fertility) |
| Construction of embankments | ||
| Wind speed decreased | ||
| Farmland is kept fallow for some period | ||
| Humus content increased. | ||
| Trenches are dug across a slope | ||
| Litter is burnt on the farm. | ||
| Proves favorable for micro-organisms | ||
| The salt content in the soil increases | ||
| Chemical fertilizers used excessively |
Maharashtra -Types and Overall Distribution of Soil
Observe the map given above and answer the following questions:
- Which soil occupies most of the area in Maharashtra?
- In which areas are laterite soils found?
- Which soil is found in the river valleys of Maharashtra?
- Which soil is found in parts of the Sahyadri ranges?
- In which region is alluvial soil found?
Laterite soil is very useful for growing ______.
Soil has particles of different sizes. Arrange the words given below in increasing order of their particle size.
| Rock, Clay, Sand, Gravel, Silt |
