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| Type of soil | Mainly Found in | Other details |
| Alluvial Soils | Northern Plains and the river valleys. | Light grey to ash grey color |
| Black Soil | Deccan plateau | Also known as the
‘Regur Soil’ or the
‘Black Cotton Soil’. |
| Laterite Soil | Karnataka, Kerala,
Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh | Found in areas with high
temperature and high
rainfall |
| Arid Soils | Western Rajasthan | Red to brown in color |
| Saline Soils | Western Gujarat,
Sunderban areas of
West Bengal, and
deltas of the eastern coast. | Also known as
Usara soils |
Red and
Yellow Soil | Eastern and southern part of the Deccan Plateau | Generally poor in nitrogen, phosphorous and humus. |
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