Soils bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Soil of the entire northern plains.

   Item

   Alluvial

2. Clue

   Old alluvium with kanker nodules.

   Item

   Bangar

3. Clue

   New, finer, more fertile alluvium.

   Item

   Khadar

4. Clue

   Black cotton soil of the Deccan trap.

   Item

   Regur

5. Clue

   Coloured by diffused iron.

   Item

   Red soil

6. Clue

   From Latin later, meaning brick.

   Item

   Laterite

7. Clue

   Calcium layer in arid soils.

   Item

   Kankar

8. Clue

   Bad lands of the Chambal basin.

   Item

   Ravines

9. Clue

   Steps cut on Himalayan slopes.

   Item

   Terrace

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation