Characterizations of Soil at Different Landforms in Hilly Areas of Meghalaya State

摘要

Studies undertaken on the soil-landscape relationship showed that soil properties and landscape position are significantly related and that geomorphological and pedological processes interact on hill slopes, mainly where the movement of soil and wateris considered (Gerrard 1992; Dahlgren et al. 1997). Such relationships were used in determining uniform mapping units for soil survey, soil management and soil productivity determinations (Daniels and Hammer 1992). Soil is the product of the interactions of complex pedogenic processes (Buol et al. 1997). The north-eastern region (NER) of India shows varied soil resources (Nayak et al. 1996; Singh et al. 1999; Sen et al. 1997) formed under hilly terrain conditions with different landforms coupled with different climatic conditions and vegetation. This offers a scope to study the soils formed in different landforms under varied environmental conditions. The present investigation therefore, aimed at characterizing the soils at different landforms in Eastand West Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya.