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Black Soil The next soil we are going to see about is the black soil. We all know that black soil is good for the cultivation of  cotton. Yeah, if you think so, that is right. Now let have a glimpse of black soil. According to it's name it is also black in color. They are otherwise called as the Regur soil.   Climatic condition along with the parent rock material are the important factors for the formation of black soil. Across the Northwest Deccan plateau, they are composed of lava flows.They cover Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Saurashtra, Malwa and extend in the Southwest region along the Godavari and the Krishna Valleys. As spoken in earlier posts, it is rich in Calcium, potassium and Magnesium. And it is a bit lacking in Nitrogen content. It is primarily used for growing cotton, tobacco, chilly, jowar and ragi. It covers an area of 46 lakh sq.km in India and found mostly in the states of Kerala, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. It becomes sticky when it is
MY FIRST POST  Hello, my dear friends and relatives, This is my first post about the same resources. I hope you may understand some knowledge about resources and conserving resources and few of my simple ideas of conserving resources. Now let us move onto the ideas. ALLUVIAL SOIL So, one of the most widely used soils in India is alluvium. It is spread over an area of 15  lakh sq.km, across India. It is rich in necessary nutrients like Zinc, Magnesium and phosphorus but is devoid of urea and plant residue. It is most commonly found in the Northern plain region along the River Ganges and covers almost 40% of the land surface in that region. One of the special qualities that add to it's use is that it is well suited for canal and tube well irrigation that helps in cultivating necessary crops like rice, potatoes, wheat which is the staple diet for most of the people in Northern part of India. On the other hand, the main threat to it's quality is deforestation and s