Paper I · 8 Geography & Demography of Telangana · 8.3 Soils, forests and wildlife

8.3.1 Soils and agro-climatic zones of Telangana

Telangana is a land of red soils on granite, with black cotton soils in the north and west, alluvium along the big rivers and small laterite patches. Agricultural research splits the state into three agro-climatic zones: North, Central and South Telangana.

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Key terms

  • red soils
  • chalka
  • dubba
  • black soils
  • regur
  • regadi
  • alluvial soils
  • laterite soils
  • Zaheerabad
  • Narayankhed
  • saline soils
  • land use
  • net area sown
  • agro-climatic zones
  • Northern Telangana Zone
  • Central Telangana Zone
  • Southern Telangana Zone
  • Jagtial
  • Warangal
  • Palem
  • PJTAU
  • CRIDA
  • ICRISAT
  • Southern Plateau and Hills Region

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