Name: Desert and Tundra Vegetations
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 5 min 15 s
Description: Some parts of planet Earth are home to extremely harsh climatic conditions like the Desert and Tundra regions. How does life survive in these extreme conditions?

Question

Show the areas of Black and Alluvial Soils on the map of India.

Accepted Answer

Alluvial soils are found in both the northern and southern parts of the country. In north India, alluvial soil is found in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Eastern Rajasthan, Bihar, West Bengal, etc. plains of the Ganga-Sutlej river valleys. Besides these areas, this soil is also extended over the valleys of Brahmaputra, Surma valleys of Assam, Mahanadi valley of Orissa, Narmada and Tapti valleys of MadhyaPradesh and deltaic areas of the Godavari, Krishna, and Cauvery in the south.

Black soils are found in a triangular area extending from Mumbai (Maharashtra) in the west, Amarkantak plateau in the east, Guna (Madhya Pradesh) in the north to Belgaum (Karnataka) in the south. From this area, many off-shoots extend into Andhra Pradesh. Besides, these soils are also found in Bundi and Kota districts of Rajasthan; Coimbatore, Salem, Tirunelveli, and, Ramanathapuram districts of TamilNadu; and in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh.

Show the areas of Black and Alluvial Soils on the map of India.

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