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Laterite soils are found in area where – |
| A. | normal temperature and rain fall is less |
| B. | temperature is high and rain fall is heavy |
| C. | temperature is low and rain fall is nominal |
| D. | temperature is high and rain fall is normal |
| Answer» B. temperature is high and rain fall is heavy | |
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Explanation: Laterites are soil types rich in iron and aluminium, formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are rusty-red because of iron oxides. They develop byintensive and long-lasting weathering of the underlying parent rock. Tropical weathering (laterization) is a prolonged process of chemical weathering which produces a wide variety in the thickness, grade, chemistry and ore mineralogy of the resulting soils. |
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