Moderate
swelling clay soils, develop cracks due to greater proportion of swelling type clays:
Correct answer: C. Vertisols
- A. Alfisols
- B. Ultisols
- C. Vertisols
- D. None of the above
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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