Friday, March 29, 2024
Assam

Land


Soil

Assam's soil been classified into the following three types - red loam soil, lateritic soil and alluvial soil. The entire Mizo hills, part of Cachar, Garo, Khasi-Jaintia hills and Sibsagar are capped by red loam soil. A small part of Cachar, large areas of Khasi and Jaintia hills, part of Sibsagar and Nowgong are covered by lateritic soil. The entire Lakhimpur, Darrang, Kamrup, Goalpara, part of Garo hills and Sibsagar are made up of alluvial soil cover.