Across
- 1. The best soil for growing plants
- 5. The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces by natural forces
- 6. Large scale cutting of tree
- 9. Type of soil used for making pottery
- 11. The gradual movement of water through the spaces in the soil
- 12. The completely decomposed product of plants and animals
- 13. It contains a lot of humus
- 15. Plantation prevents it
- 18. This type of soil can hold very little water
- 19. Upper most layer of the earth's crust
Down
- 2. Large scale planting of trees for commercial use
- 3. It contains no organic matter
- 4. In desert soil erosion occurs through
- 7. Contamination of soil with undesirable substance
- 8. Soil containing small stones
- 10. Excreta of earthworm along with pulverized soil
- 11. Collective name for layers of soil
- 14. clayey soil is good for crop
- 16. Nature's ploughman
- 17. It lies under the layer of topsoil