<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject . You may improve this article, discuss the issue on the talk page, or create a new article, as appropriate . (June 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Red soil is a type of soil that develops in a warm, temperate, moist climate under deciduous or mixed forests, having thin organic and organic - mineral layers overlying a yellowish - brown leached layer resting on an illuvial red layer . Red soils are generally derived from crystalline rock . They are usually poor growing soils, low in nutrients and humus and difficult to cultivate because of its low water holding capacity . Red soils denote the third largest soil group of India covering an area of about 3.5 lakhs sq. km (10.6% of India's area) over the Peninsula from Tamil Nadu in the south to Bundelkhand in the north and Rajmahal hills in the east to Katchch in the west . They surround the red soils on their south, east and north . </P> <P> These soils are found in large tracts of western Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, southern Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Telangana), Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Chotanagpur plateau of Jharkhand . Scattered patches are also seen in (West Bengal), Mirzapur, Jhansi, Banda, Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh), Udaipur, Chittaurgarh, Dungarpur, Banswara and Bhilwara districts (Rajasthan) </P> <P> This soil, also known as the omnibus group, have been developed over Archaean granite, gneiss and other crystalline rocks, the sedimentaries of the Cuddapah and Vindhayan basins and mixed Dharwarian group of rocks . Their color is mainly due to ferric oxides occurring as thin coatings on the soil particles while the iron oxide occurs as haematite or as hydrous ferric oxide, the color is red and when it occurs in the hydrate form as limonite the soil gets a yellow color . Ordinarily the surface soils are red while the horizon below gets yellowish color . </P>

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