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Question
What are the different types of Soil according to their Zones?
Solution
Zonal Soils:
Types of Soils
- Eight major types according to Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
- Alluvial soils
- Black soils
- Red soils
- Laterite soils
- Desert soils
- Mountain soils
- Saline and Alkaline soils
- peaty and Marshy soils
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