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List out the Features of Red and Yellow Soil.

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Red soil is permeable and is rich in Iron oxide
These soils are superficial and have a pH value between 6.6 to 8.0
They react well to fertilisers although fertility wise it’s not considered to be fertile soil
The moisture retention potential of these soils is very low due to which they possess very fewer nutritional qualities such as humus and therefore are considered complex soils to opt for growing any crops
These soils are found in places like Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Large areas of western Tamil Nadu, Southern Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhota Nagpur plateau of Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and others