Soil Quality of Tripura State of India: Sustainable Environment

Type Of Soil In Tripura State

Two categories of soil degradation are recognized in Tripura. The first category deals with degradation by displacement of soil material, principally by water. The second one deals with the internal soil deterioration resulting from loss of nutrients (chemical deterioration) or through physical processes, including waterlogging and flooding (physical deterioration). The 43.07% of the total land area of the state is occupied by the red loamy soil and the sandy soil. The soil covers a total area of 4,514 sq. km. The reddish yellow brown sandy soil of the region covers a total area of 3,468 sq. km. in the state of Tripura. The soil type is the second most dominant type in the region covering 33.06% of the land area. The three other types of soil that prevail in the region are the lateritic soil, younger alluvial soil and the older alluvial soil. The soil of Tripura is faced with the problem of rapid soil erosion. This occurs due to chemical weathering with the high annual rainfall. Another factor that is responsible for the rapid erosion of soil in Tripura is the withdrawal of vegetation in the state which has caused the high velocity of the wind to remove the soil cover.