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FORMATION OF SOILS IN INDIA

Type of Soil How formed

Alluvial Soil By silt deposition brought by

rivers.

Black Soil By weathering of lava deposits on

the Deccan Plateau.

Red and By weathering old crystalline or
Yellow Soil metamorphic rocks.

Laterite Soil Due to leaching by heavy rains and

destruction of humus by bacteria.

Arid Soil By weathering of rocks in dry

conditions.

Saline Soil By salt deposition by tides, rivers

or sea breeze.

Peaty Soil Due to accumulation of larges

amounts of organic matter in the so