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Soil and Vegetation


The state of Kerala with its wide array of topographical features such as coastlines along the Arabian Sea, hills of the Western Ghats, valleys, abundant waterbodies including 49 River, 34 lakes and bountiful backwaters, is the reserve of diverse types of soil such as red, ferruginous, sandy, black, lateric and loamy soil.


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These varied kind of soils and the varying climatic conditions ranging from tropical, equable, hot, humid and dry enables the growth of an assortment of flora and other plantation crops.

Soil
There is a variety of different soils including red, ferruginous, sandy, black, peat lateric and loamy soil in many parts of the State.

The soil of South Western peninsula of India- Kerala is lateritic and very permeable like the soil of desert or arid regions.

The soil is devoid of any humus and is unable to retain much water.

However Alluvium soil is usually found along the banks of the main rivers and broadly in the lower basins of the Pampa and Periyar rivers.

Besides these regions, alluvial deposits are also found in the paddy fields ofKerala.

Sandy soil and loamy soils are found in the Coastal regions .

Laterite soil is found in the midland regions and highlands, Red soil in the Southern-most part of Kerala, Black soil in the Chittur Village of Palakkad district Peat soil in Kuttanad district and Acidic Saline soil are found in the Kaipad and areas.








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