Correct Answer - Option 1 : Black soil area
The correct answer is Black soil area.
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The black soil area is one of the distinct features of the peninsular plateau.
- Black soil is also called as the lava soil or regur soil.
- Black soil (Black Cotton Soil) is rich in calcium, potassium, and magnesium but has poor nitrogen content.
- Black soil is extremely fine and clayey and has the capacity to hold a lot of moisture.
- Laterite is a soil rich in iron and aluminum.
- Laterite soil is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas.
- Red soil is the third-largest soil group in India.
- Alluvial soil (most fertile) area is widespread in northern plains and river valleys.
Black soil is mainly concentrated over:
- Parts of Maharashtra
- Madhya Pradesh
- Gujarat
- Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka
- Rajasthan
- Uttar Pradesh
- Certain parts of Tamil Nadu.
