Alluvial soil is soil deposited by rivers, streams, and floodwaters in areas like floodplains, deltas, and alluvial fans. It consists of various proportions of sand, silt, and clay deposited as sediment. Alluvial soil is very fertile due to nutrients like potash, phosphoric acid, and lime. The major alluvial soil regions in India are the northern plains deposited by the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra Rivers as well as areas in Rajasthan, Gujarat, and along the eastern coastal plains. Common crops grown in alluvial soil include sugarcane, rice, wheat, and other cereals and pulses. Alluvial soils are classified

1. Alluvial Soil

2.  Alluvial soils are soils deposited by surface
water. You’ll find them along rivers, in
floodplains and deltas, stream terraces, and areas
called alluvial fans.
 The Alluvial soil consists of various proportions
of sand, silt and clay.
 It is formed due to the deposition of fine silt
called alluvium by the rivers.
 Alluvial soils are very fertile. It contains soil
nutrients such as potash, phosphoric acid and
lime.

4.  The entire northern plains are made of alluvial soil.
 These have been deposited by three important Himalayan
river systems – the Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra.
 These soils also extend in Rajasthan and Gujarat through a
narrow corridor.
 Alluvial soil is also found in the eastern coastal plains
particularly in the deltas of the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the
Krishna and the Kaveri rivers.
 Sugarcane, paddy, wheat and other cereal and pulse crops
are grown with alluvial soil.

6. Bangar Khadar
 Bangar
• It is an old alluvial.
• It has lower concentration
of kankur nodules.
• It has more fine particles.
• It is more fertile.
 Alluvial soils are classified into
two types according to their age
as old alluvial (Bangar) and new
alluvial (Khadar).
 Khadar
• It is an new alluvial.
• It has higher concentration
of kankur nodules.
• It has less fine particles.
• It is less fertile.

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