2.4 Standard Classification adopted for SOIL TYPES with digital ...

LRISD,NIC(Hqrs) Standard Classification adopted for SOIL TYPES
2.4.7.4 Shallow and medium black soils (Deccan plateau, central Maharashtra and
Karnataka plateau),
2.4.7.5 Medium and deep black soils (central highlands, Narmada Valley, Malwa
plateau, Bundelkhand and Kathiawar peninsula),
2.4.7.6 Mixed red and black soils (parts of Deccan plateau, Telangana, Bellary and
Anantpur regions of Karnataka plateau),
2.4.7.7 Coastal alluvium - derived soils (eastern and western coastal plains),
2.4.7.8 alluvium - derived soils (western, northern and eastern plains),
2.4.7.9 Desert soils (southwestern Punjab, Haryana plains, Rajasthan, Marusthali and
Kachchh peninsula),
2.4.7.10 Tarai soils (foothills of central and western Himalaya),
2.4.7.11 Brown and red hill soils (eastern Himalaya),
2.4.7.12 Saline and alkali soils (Kathiawar peninsula, alluvial plains of Uttar Pradesh,
Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan),
2.4.7.13 Shallow and skeletal soils (Ladakh and Kashmir).
2.4.7.14 Grey brown soils (foothills of Aravallis),
2.4.7.15 Brown forest and podzolic soil (north-western Himalaya),
2.4.7.16 Sandy and littoral soils (Lakshadweep and coastal areas of Andaman and
Nicobar islands).
(Source:http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Counprof/India.htm)
2.4.8 National Level Efforts for Soil Mapping
It is observed that various national level organizations like NBSS & LUP, All India Soil
and Land Use Survey, NNRMS Division of Department of Space are involved in
preparation of soil map of the country in scales like 1:50000 and 1:250000. For this
purpose the Maps of Survey of India and Satellite Maps are being used. These agencies
use soil taxonomic classification which is strictly hierarchical in nature and is divided
into six groups namely order, sub-order, great-order, great-group, family and series. They
have identified 29 soil characteristics for classification of soil.
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