Description

Red soil

• The red soil contains more drainage property in the comparison of the other soil. Because in this there is the quantity of the rock material and the part of the ignitions soil of the land.
• It can hold the soil erosion by the water, and the main things and characteristics of this are that it is rich in iron.
• Yellow or red soil indicates the presence of oxidized ferric iron oxides.
• Dark brown or black color in soil indicates that the soil has a high organic matter content.
• Wet soil will appear darker than dry soil. However, the presence of water also affects soil color by affecting the oxidation rate.
• Red soils have better drainage capacity than other soils and they are porous, fine-grained and fertile.
• Red soils have higher iron, aluminum and lime content and contain high acidic nature also.