Which of the following soil types of India is rendered infertile by the presence of excess iron ........

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Which of the following soil types of India is rendered infertile by the presence of excess iron ?

Deserts sand

Alluvial

Podzolic

Leteritic

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Explanation:

Leteritic

Laterite is a soil and rock type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content. They develop by intensive and prolonged weathering of the underlying parent rock.