Across
- 3. _______ are the subset of the stock, which can be put into use with the help of existing technical ‘know-how’ but their use has not been started
- 5. in the chambal basin land unfit for cultivation/bad land is known as
- 8. ________ soil develops in areas with high temperature and heavy rainfall
- 9. ____________ Resources are obtained from the biosphere and have life.
- 10. _________ soil has self aeration capacity and ideal for growing cotton
- 12. Black soil is generally poor is ________ content
- 16. _______ soils range from red to brown in colour. They are generally sandy in texture and saline in nature
- 18. _______ soil has been deposited by three important Himalayan river systems– the indus,the Ganga and the Brahmaputra
Down
- 1. old alluvial soil which has higher concentration of kankar nodules is known as ____________ soil
- 2. main cause of land degradation in punjab
- 4. In states like Jharkhand, chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha deforestation due to _______________ have caused severe land degradation
- 6. Materials in the environment which have the potential to satisfy human needs but human beings do not have the appropriate technology to access these, are called
- 7. _________ resources are Resources which are surveyed and their quantity and quality have been determined for utilization
- 11. Land left without cultivation for one or less than one agricultural year is called
- 13. running water cuts through the clayey soils and makes deep channels known as
- 14. 43 per cent of the land area in India is ______________
- 15. About 27 per cent of the area of the country is the ____________ region
- 17. red and yellow soils develop a reddish colour due to diffusion of ______ in crystalline and metamorphic rocks