swelling clay soils, develop cracks due to greater proportion of swelling type clays:
Correct answer: D. Vertisols
- A. Alfisols
- B. Ultisols
- C. None of the above
- D. Vertisols
Explanation
Vertisols contain large amounts of swelling clay, which expands when wet and contracts into deep cracks when dry. Alfisols and Ultisols do not have this defining shrink-swell behaviour.
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