Classification Traditional (soil units)

Description

Agro-climatic zones

Physiography

Geology

Geographic distribution (Districts)

Area Ha. (%)

Shallow welldrained to excessively drained, reddish brown to yellowish brown, gravelly sandy loam to sandy clay loam, moderately to severely eroded.

Hills and ridges, rolling and undulating lands of plateau and eastern ghats.

315994
1.66

Shallow, excessively drained to well drained, reddish brown to yellowish red, sandy clay loam to sandy loam soils, moderately to severely eroded.

Ridges, rolling, and undulating lands of plateau

191041
1.00

Deep to mod, deep and shallow, welldrained to excessively drained, yello-wish brown dark red to reddish brown, gravelly sandy loam to sandy clay loam and loamy sand surface soils and gravelly sandy clay to clay subsurface soils, moderately to severeely eroded.

Hills and ridges, hill ranges, rolling gently and undulating lands, inter-hill basins of plateau, western ghats, eastern ghats.

3610976
18.95

Kandic/Thodic Paleustalfs, Typic Thodustalfs, Typic Haplustalfs, Typic Camborthids, Typic, Ustropepts, Lithic Ustorthents

Deep to moderate, deep and shallow, well-drained excessively drained, brown to yellowish red to reddish brown, sandy loam to sandy clay loam and sandy clay surface soils and sandy clay to clay subsurface soils, moderately to severely eroded.

Hills and ridges, high hill ranges, rolling, undulating and gently sloping lands of plateau western and eastern ghats.

2990373
15.69

LATERITIC SOILS:

Deep, welldrained to exces-sively drained yellowish red to dark reddish brown, gravelly, sand clay loam to sandy clay and clay surface soils and sandy clay to clay subsurface soils moderatley to severely eroded with surface crusting.

Mounds summits and upper slopes of plateau, sloping lands of malnad

511593
2.74

Deep welldrained to exces-sively drained, yellowish red to dark reddish brown, sandy loam to sandy clay and clay surface soils and clay subsoils, moderately to severely eroded with surface crusting.

Gently sloping plains, summits of plateau, steeply sloping lands of Western ghats and Malnad.

653440
3.42

BLACK SOILS:

Deep, moderately well-drained, dark greyish brown, very dark greyish brown, calcareous cracking clay to silty clay soils, moderately to severely eroded.

Gently sloping plains, plateau, summits, valleys

3108704
16.32

Moderately deep, moderately welldrained, dark brown to very dark greyish brown, noncalcareous cracking clay to silty clay soils, moderately to severely eroded.

Gently sloping lands and plains, summits of plateau, valleys

598376
3.13

Shallow, welldrained, grey to dark grey and brown clay loam to silty clay loam soils, severely eroded.

Plateau summits and table lands

1586070
8.32

ALLUVIO-COLLUVIAL SOILS:

Deep to shallow, moderately welldrained to imperfectly drained and poorly drained, yellowish brown to strong brown and dark greyish brown nonsaline, clay loam to clay and sandy clay loam surface soils and clay to clay loam and sandy clay loam, sub surface soils.

Valleys, low lands of plateau and malnad.

361471
1.90

Deep , moderately well drained to perfectly drained, dark greyish brown to very dark greyish brown and strong brown, clay to sandy clay and clay loam surface soils and clay to loam subsurface soils with salinity and alkalinity in patches.

Valleys, low lands very gently sloping plains of command areas of plateau.

2636233
13.64

FOREST SOILS:

Deep to moderately deep, well drained to excessively drained, dark brown to dark yellowish brown and black sandy clay to sandy clay loam and sandy loam, humus rich surface soils and clay to sandy clay subsurface soils, slightly eroded.

High hill ranges and steeply sloping lands of western ghats.

1147327
6.00

COASTAL SOILS:

Deep, well drained to exces-sively drained, dark brown to yellowish red and dark reddish brown sandy clay loam to clay loam surface soils and sandy clay to clay subsurface soils, moderately to severely eroded with surface crusting.

Coastal uplands and hinter lands

563254
2.96

Deep, welldrained and poorly drained, pale brown to dark yellowish brown, sand, sandy loam to loam surface soils and sand to loam subsurface soils

Bars, beaches, beach ridges, valleys

180267
0.94

MISCELLANEOUS LANDS:

Rock land

Hills and ridges rolling lands

486402
2.55

110514
0.58

Total:

19049836
100.00