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hot arid eco-region days (M9Eh1).
(M9E1) 2.2 Kachchh Peninsula (Great Rann
of Kutch as inclusion), hot hyper-
arid ESR with deep loamy saline and 50.0 60.0 0.0 4.0 22.0
alkali soils, low AWC and LGP <60
days (L12Eh1)
2.3 Rajasthan Bagar, North Gujarat
Plain and South-Western Punjab
Plain, hot typic- arid ESR with deep,
loamy desert soils (inclusion of 35.8 40.5 7.6 15.9 4.6
saline phase), low AWC and LGP
60-90 days (M9Et2).
2.4 South Kachchh and North
Kathiawar Peninsula, hot arid ESR
with deep loamy saline and alkali 37.1 45.7 0.6 1.4 18.7
soils, low AWC and LGP 60-90 days
(L12Et2).
Weighted average 46.8 42.5 10.4 20.5 4.5
3.0 Karnataka Plateau (Rayalseema
as inclusion), hot arid ESR with deep
3. Deccan plateau, loamy and clayey mixed Red and
hot arid eco Black soils, low to medium AWC 34.9 21.5 2.7 1.5 10.4
subregions (K6E2) and LGP 60-90 days (K6Et2).

Weighted average 34.9 21.5 2.7 1.5 10.4
4.1 North Punjab Plain, Ganga-
Yamuna Doab and Rajasthan
Upland, hot semi-arid ESR with
deep loamy alluvium-derived soils 23.0 16.8 3.0 24.4 14.8
(occasional saline and sodic phases),
medium AWC and LGP 90-120 days
(N8Dd3).
4.2 North Gujarat Plain (inclusion of
Aravalli range and east Rajasthan
Uplands), hot dry semiarid ESR with
4. Northern Plain deep loamy Gray Brown and 26.7 22.4 0.7 5.6 21.2
(and Central alluvium-derived soils, medium
Highlands) including AWC and LGP 90-120 days
Aravallis, hot semi- (P14Dd3).
arid ecoregion 4.3 Ganga Yamuna Doab,
(N8D2) Rohilkhand and Avadah Plain, hot
moist semi-arid ESR with deep,
loamy alluvium-derived soils (sodic 36.1 5.3 3.9 12.4 21.1
phase inclusion), medium to high
AWC and LGP 120-150 days
(N8Dm4).
4.4 Madhya Bharat Plateau and
Bundelkhand Uplands, hot, moist
semi-arid ESR with Deep loamy and
clayey mixed Red and 59.8 12.5 3.2 8.2 8.8
Black soils, medium to high AWC
and LGP 90-120 days (N6Dm4).