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Agro Climate Zone

South Gujarat

Area
(Districts &Talukas)

(1)	Area between rivers Ambica and Narmada
(2)	Part of Valsad District (Navsari and Gandavi talukas)
(3)	Part of Surat district (Kamrej, Nizar, Palsana, Bardoli, Mangrol and Mandvi talukas) and
(4)	part of Bharuch district (Ankleshwar, Valia, Junagadh, Rajpipla, Dediapada and Sagabara talukas.)

Rainfall (mm)

1000-1500

Type of soil

Deep black clayey soils

Soil Characteristices & Landuse classification

Most of the area cutivated some area non-cultivated under fallow and pasture forest.

Surface colour

Reddish brown to dark in hilly area, very dark grayish brown to dark brown & dark. Yellowish brown

Depthofthe soil

0 to 25 cm (shallow to Moderate deep) in hilly forest. 45 to 150 cms (deep to very deeps) in predominent slope and flood plain are alluvial area.

Predominent Texture

Heavy texture predominently clay

Soil Slope

3.5 % on hill plateus and 0.1 % and 1.3 % is mid- land flood plain

General fertility

Nitrogen-poor, Phosphorus medium, Potash medium.

Cation Exchange Capacity

Medium in N,P high Potash

Electrical conductivity

40 to ms / 100 gms soil

Exchangeable Sodium %

Traces to less than 15% mid-landflood plain and hilly area while more than 15% in coastal area.

Order

Inceptisols, Vartisols, Entisols

Sub Order

Ochrepts, Usterts, Orthents, Psamments, Fluvents

Crops

Cotton, Jowar, Wheat Sugercane, Horticultural Crops

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