Afghanistan
Soils.
The country possesses extremes in the quality of its soils.
The Central Highlands have desert-steppe or meadow-steppe types
of soil. The Northern Plains have extremely rich, fertile, loesslike
soils, while the Southwestern Plateau has infertile desert soils
except along the rivers in the southwest, where alluvial deposits
can be found. Erosion is very much in evidence in the Central
Highlands, especially in the regions affected by seasonal monsoons
and heavy precipitation.
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