Type
of soils
Classified
on the basis of formation and texture
Residual Soil: It’s
formed at the same place where it is formed. It's show clear connection with
parents’ rock and some composition of bedrock. It formed by weathering of
bedrock beneath it.
Cumulose Soil: it's an organic type of soil. It is formed
by accumulation of organic material.
Eluvial Soil: It formed at the base of
Steep Mountain and hills by gravity. It's stony in nature and supported very
little vegetation.
Aeoline Soil: it's little fertile and wind transported
soils.
Lacustrine Soil: It formed in lake. The River and the Glacier
sediments collect in Lake basin informed soil at the later stage when Lake
dried, Lacustrine soil
formed. It's very little fertile.
Volcanic Soil: It formed by pyroclastic material and lava
eruption during volcanic eruption. It's very fertile.
Second type
Classified
on the basis of texture
Sandy Clay: It contains abundance of sand particle and
have little clay. Its not support the vegetation.
Loamy Soil it
contain equal portion of clay and sand it suitable for agriculture.
Clayey Clay: The Clay percentage is more than send. It
has very high water containing capacity and very suitable for agriculture.
Black Soil: It formed from the composition of basalt
and other type of basic rocks. It has high percentage of oxide of aluminum
calcium and magnesium. It's very suitable for cotton plants.
Peatly: It contain very little clay
but mostly decomposed product of vegetables matter it good for crops.
Lateritic Soil: When clay mineral mixed with
iron and Aluminum oxide are called lateritic soil. It’s brown in color. It has
very little value for agriculture.
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