What is the meaning of leaching in laterite soil part of resources and development ?

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Leaching is the loss of water-soluble plant nutrients from the top layer of soil. The soils in many areas of tropical rain forests are laterite soils. These soils are reddish in colour and contain high levels of aluminum and iron and these materials resist leaching. These soils are typically nutrient-poor. Nutrients in the soil would be swiftly leached away by the heavy rainfall.

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Due to heavy rains the following minerals are leached away from laterite soil

Which of the following are not correctly stated about the corresponding soil formation?

1. Alluvial Soils: formed by the deposition of sediments by rivers.

2. Black Soils: derived from weathering of ancient metamorphic rocks of Deccan Plateau

3. Laterite Soils: formed as a result of the accumulation of organic matter derived from forest growth.

4. Mountain Soils: formed due to intense leaching and are well developed on the summits of hills and uplands.

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