Syllabus
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Course Code: M-GEO-304 (iii) (elective) Course Name: Soil Geography |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Nature and scope of soil geography. 2. Soil formation factors (parent material, flora and fauna, climatic and topographic) and processes of soil formation and soil development (physical, biotic and chemical). 3. Soil profile and its characteristics (zonal, azonal and intra zonal soils). |
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| 2 | 4. Physical properties of soils: morphology, (texture, structure, colour, porosity and permeability), water, air and temperature. 5. Chemical properties of soils: soils reaction and controlling factors, soil clays, organic matter and humus. 6. Biological properties of soils (soil organisms). |
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| 3 | 7. Soil classification: genetic, taxonomic and 7th Approximation, their characteristics and world patterns. 8. Soil erosion and degradation processes |
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| 4 | 9. Conservation methods to improve the physical qualities of soils. 10. Methods and mechanism of soil survey. 11. Soil reclamation and management, integrated soil and management. |
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