formation of alluvial soil in india
Alluvial soils are formed mainly due to silt deposited by Indo-Gangetic-Brahmaputra rivers. In coastal regions some alluvial deposits are formed due to wave action. Rocks of the Himalayas form the parent material. Thus the parent material of these soils is of transported origin. Alluvial soils are transported soils . They are formed by deposition of materials or sediments ( alluvium ) brought in down by rivers that consist of silt, sand, clay, etc. ... Alluvial soil which is found in the deltas of river is called deltaic alluvium (coastal alluvium. The alluvial soil found in India, particularly in the Indo–Gangetic plain, is of two types: khaddar (pale brown, sandy clays to loamy, less calcareous and carbonaceous soil, and found in the low areas of valley that are regularly flooded) and older bhangar soils (dark colored, mostly clayey, and containing lime nodules. Most alluvial soils are derived from the sediment being deposited by the river Ganga in the Indo