Regur Soil is another name for?

🔑Key Points:
-Black soil is also known as cotton soil and internationally it is known as ‘Tropical Chernozems’.
-This is the third-largest soil type in India.
-This soil is formed from rocks of cretaceous lava.
-This stretch over the parts of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Western parts of Madhya
Pradesh, North- Western Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand up to Raj Mahal hills.
-The soil is rich in iron, lime, calcium, potash, magnesium, and aluminium.
-It has high water retaining capacity and is good for Cotton Cultivation, Tobacco, Citrus fruits, Castor, and linseed.

🔴Additional Information:
-The Alluvial Soil occurs mainly in the Satluj- Ganga- Brahmaputra Plains.
-This soil has a phosphorous deficiency.
-The colour of soil varies from light grey to ash.
-This soil is suited for Rice, maize, wheat, sugarcane, oilseeds.
-The Red Soil developed on Archean granite occupies the second largest area of the country.
-This soil is also known as the omnibus group.
-The presence of ferric oxides makes the colour of soil red.
-The top layer of the soil is red and the horizon below is yellowish.
-Generally, these soils are deficient in phosphate, lime, magnesia, humus, and nitrogen.This soil is good for the cultivation of wheat, cotton, pulses, tobacco, millets, orchards, potato, and oilseeds.
-The Laterite Soil is soft, when they are wet and ‘hard and cloddy’ on drying.
-These are found mainly in the hills of the Western Ghats, Raj Mahal hills, Eastern Ghats, Satpura, Vindhya, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, North Cachar Hills, and the Garo hills.These are poor in organic matter, nitrogen, potassium, lime, and potash.
-These iron and Aluminum-rich soils are suitable for the cultivation of rice, ragi, sugarcane, and cashew nuts.