ReasoningEasy1 mark
5(iv)
Give a geographical reason for each of the following:
Khadar soils are preferred over Bhangar soils.
Topic: Khadar and bangar
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Answer
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Khadar is the fine silt and clay of the floodplain, renewed by every flood and hence very fertile; bangar is older, coarser alluvium mixed with pebbles and gravel that receives no fresh deposits.
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