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Soil and crops
Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy, and soil plays a very important in it. Different types of crops requires suitable soils for their growth and cultivation. Soil is a significant natural resource. Soil can be categorised into different types, each with distinct characteristics that provide crop growing benefits and limitations.
Various types of soil are present in distinct parts of India. Soil is mostly affected by wind, rainfall, temperature, light and humidity. Several climatic factors also affect the soil profile and bring transitions in the soil structure. The factors mentioned above that affect the soil influence vegetation in an area. Vegetation area can be forest, grassland, tundra, desert, and ice sheet. Vegetation is mostly in the fertile upper soil of the earth and covers the soil like a green sheet spread on its surface
