Last seen: Oct 19, 2020
Laterite soil is formed by intense leaching. Laterite soils are mostly deep to very deep, acidic, generally deficient in plant nutrients.
Laterite soil develops under tropical and subtropical climate with alternate wet and dry season.
Red and yellow soil develops a reddish colour due to diffusion of iron in crystalline and metamorphic rocks. It looks yellow when it occurs in a hydra...
Black soil is the best for cotton cultivation.
Processing of minerals generate huge quantity of dust that settles down on the land and restricts the process of infiltration into the soil.
Over irrigation leads to water logging that increases salinity and alkalinity in the sail that results in land degradation.
Over irrigation leads to water logging that increases salinity and alkalinity in the sail that results in land degradation.
Deforestation due to mining.
Human activities
It includes rocky, desert and acid areas and land put to non-agricultural uses like settlements roads, railways, industry, etc.
According to the National Forest Policy, 33% of forest area in a country.
Physical factors - Topography, climate, soil type. Human factors - Population density, technological capability, culture, traditions, etc.
The land left uncultivated for more than five agricultural years.
Land as a natural resource supports: (a) Natural vegetation (b) Wildlife (c) Human life (d) Economic activities (e) Transport and commu...
It results in socio-economic and environmental problems.
Conservation is important as resources are used for developmental activities.
The main causes were the rich resources in these colonies and higher level of technological development of the colonising countries.
Corresponding changes in technology and institutional development.
Judicious use of resources is known as resource planning.