Difference between red soil and laterite …
CBSE, JEE, NEET, CUET
Question Bank, Mock Tests, Exam Papers
NCERT Solutions, Sample Papers, Notes, Videos
Posted by Omm Sahoo 5 years, 2 months ago
- 1 answers
Related Questions
Posted by Sai Sravika Godavarthi 11 months, 2 weeks ago
- 1 answers
Posted by Sakshi Patel 11 months, 2 weeks ago
- 1 answers
Posted by Siddhanth Aravind 8 months, 1 week ago
- 0 answers
Posted by Armaan Ali 11 months, 2 weeks ago
- 1 answers
Posted by Chirag Jindal 11 months, 2 weeks ago
- 0 answers
Posted by Shristi Pandey 1 month, 2 weeks ago
- 0 answers
Posted by Vansh Singh 11 months, 2 weeks ago
- 1 answers
Posted by Kapil Dev Saroye 11 months, 2 weeks ago
- 0 answers
Posted by Anisha Grover 2 months, 1 week ago
- 0 answers
Posted by Sudhanshu Choudhry 11 months, 2 weeks ago
- 1 answers
myCBSEguide
Trusted by 1 Crore+ Students
Test Generator
Create papers online. It's FREE.
CUET Mock Tests
75,000+ questions to practice only on myCBSEguide app
Yogita Ingle 5 years, 2 months ago
Red soils
1. Red soil is formed due to weathering of igneous and metamorphic rocks.
2. It is highly porous and less fertile but where it is deep it is fertile.
3. It is less crystalline.
4. It is red in colour due to the presence of iron in it.
They occur in parts of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Jharkhand.
Laterite soil
1. It is formed by the leaching process in the heavy rainfall areas of tropical India.
2. It is less fertile, only grass grows on it in abundance.
3. It is crystalline.
4. It is red in colour due to little clay and much gravel of red sand-stones.
5. It is found in hills of the Deccan, Karnataka, Kerala, Orissa, Assam and Meghalaya.
0Thank You