Distinguish between khadar and bhangar soils.

Khadar is the new alluvium deposited by a river in its flood plain each year; it is finer, lighter in colour and more fertile. Bhangar is the older alluvium of the higher terraces, is darker, contains lime nodules called kankar and is less fertile.

No citable source has been recorded for this record. Treat it as practice material, not as fact.

Explanation

Both are alluvial soils and together cover most of the Northern Plains.