Question: The Alfisols soil is found in
Options:
Jaipur, Dausa, Alwar
Kota, Baran, Bundi
Sirohi, Pali
Jaisalmer, Barmer
-Alfisols are found in Jaipur, Alwar, Dausa, Bharatpur, Sawai Madhopur, Tonk, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Banswara, Dungarpur, Bundi, Kota, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Bandra and Jhalawar districts of Rajasthan.
-Alfisols
-The Alfisols are soils characterized by a clay-rich horizon produced by illuviation and high base status.
-They are moderately leached soils that have relatively high native fertility.
-Alfisols are primarily found in temperate humid and subhumid regions of the world.
🛑Important Points:
Aridisols
-They are found in the dry climatic regions of Rajasthan.
-It is found in some areas of Churu, Sikar, Jhunjhunu, Nagaur, Jodhpur, Pali, and Jalore.
Entisols
-Entisols are sandy mineral soils low in organic matter, natural fertility, and water-holding capacity
-They are the dominant soil of the state.
-All districts in the western half are covered in some or major part by these soils.
Inceptisols
-Inceptisols are soils of relatively new origin and are characterized by having only the weakest appearance of horizons, or layers, produced by soil-forming factors.
-Along the foothills of the Aravalli in the districts of Sirohi, Pali, Udaipur, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, and in some parts of alluvial plains in Udaipur, Alwar, Sawai Madhopur, and Jhalawar.
Vertisols
-Vertisols are soils with a high content of clay minerals that shrink and swell as they change water content.
-Jhalawar, Kota, Bundi, and a small part of Sawai Madhopur, Bharatpur, Dungarpur, Chittorgarh, and Banswara.Â