natural vegetation and soil

Question 1

soil

Answer 1

thin layer of loose mixture of small rock particles and rotting organic matter that covers the surface of the earth.

Question 2

alluvial soil formation

Answer 2

sediments brought down by rivers

Question 3

alluvial soil crops

Answer 3

rice sugarcane rabi and kharif

Question 4

alluvial soil places

Answer 4

bihar haryana punjab

Question 5

black soil formation

Answer 5

disintegration of lava or basalt rocks.

Question 6

why is black soil ideal for dry farming?

Answer 6

moisture stored in subsoil

Question 7

black soil places

Answer 7

deccan region - maharashtra tamil nadu karnataka

Question 8

black soil crops

Answer 8

cotton wheat tobacco

Question 9

red soil formation

Answer 9

prolonged weathering of ancient metamorphic and crystalline rocks

Question 10

why is red soil red in colour?

Answer 10

due to the presence of iron oxide

Question 11

red soil crops

Answer 11

rice ragi tobacco

Question 12

red soil places

Answer 12

peninsula plateau region - meghalaya mizoram orissa

Question 13

laterite soil formation

Answer 13

formed due to atmospheric weathering of rocks under high rainfall and temperature conditions with alternate wet and dry periods.

Question 14

leaching / desilication

Answer 14

process in which the nutrients get percolated down, below soil due to heavy rainfall, leaving the topsoil infertile.

Question 15

laterite soil places

Answer 15

kerala odisha tamil nadu

Question 16

laterite soil crops

Answer 16

coffee cashewnut paddy rubber

Question 17

tropical evergreen trees

Answer 17

rosewood mahogany ebony

Question 18

desert forest trees

Answer 18

babool acacia ber neem

Question 19

moist deciduous trees

Answer 19

sal teak sandalwood

Question 20

dry deciduous trees

Answer 20

sal teak rosewood

Question 21

mountain forest trees

Answer 21

chestnut oak pine

Question 22

littoral forest trees

Answer 22

sundari keora amur