Major Soils of the Earth

1. Alluvial  

• Non-porous, clayey, Great Northern Plains and dark in colour and very in Deltas of the rivers in fertile peninsular India

• Yield good crops of rice, sugarcane, tobacco and jute

2. Black    

• Clayey and fertile Maharashtra, Gujarat and

• Rich in mineral contents Madhya Pradesh

• Suitable for growing cotton, wheat, linseed, jowar and gram

3. Red

• Red in colour and less Chhotanagpur Plateau, fertile Orissa, East Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

4. Laterite   

• Red in colour and coarse Western Coastal regions,

• Not useful for Chhotanagpur Plateau, agriculture but for Tamil Nadu and Orissa building material

5. Mountain   

• Consist of pebbles and stones Himalayan regions

• Not very fertile

6. Desert   

• Contains large quantity of sand West Rajasthan

• Infertile