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SOILS OF THE GANGETIC PLAIN
Alluvial soils of the Gangetic Plain can be divided in the following manner :

Bhangar is older alluvial soil above the floodplains. Large parts of the Northern Indian Plains are formed of the Bhangar soil. It is more clayey and generally dark colored. It is not as fertile as the Khadar soil.

Khadar is composed of newer alluvium and forms the flood plains along the river banks. It is found at the lower valley of the river. Newer alluvium is deposited with every flood. This makes them the most fertile soils of the Ganges. It is more sandy and less clayey and light to pale brown in colour