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Soil
Soil is formed almost entirely of alluvium, the state is
situated towards the depressions of the rivers Ganges and Indus. It is a broad
level plain standing nearly on the watershed between the basins of the two
rivers. It is a vast ground of moist land. In the whole of the region except the
flood plains of the Yamuna and the Ghaggar, the alluvium is of the old type
containing sand, clay, silt and hard calcareous concentrations about the size of
nuts known as 'Kankars'.
In the Khaddar the deposits of the alluvium are the recent type.
They consist of coarse sand and some silt regularly deposited by the rivers and
small mountain streams of the Indo-Gangetic watershed.
In the south-western part, a great deal of wind-blown sand has
been piled up in the form of sand dunes. These dunes are some times many metres
high and extend many kilometers in length. The alluvium is covered by sand,
making the region as arid and unproductive as a desert.
The only part useful for cultivation in this region are
Tals,
where due to some reason or the other sand does not collect.
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