CHARACTERISTICS OF SOIL & CONTAMINATION OF HEAVY METALS FROM THE CATCHMENT AREA MANJARA RIVER IN BILOLI TALUKA, NANDED, MAHARASHTRA

Nitin M. Sahajrao & Rajkumar G. Pawale*
Page No. 78-85

Soil is the most vital and precious natural resource that sustains life on the earth. Soil is one of the
most significant ecological factors, on which plants depend for their nutrients, water and mineral
supply. The work has been carried out to evaluate the status of soil from villages near Manjara
River basin in Biloli Taluka, District Nanded in the year 2012. The principal and objective of the
study was to find out the status of various physiochemical properties like Temperature, water
holding capacity, soil moisture, Organic Matter, chloride, Calcium, Magnesium, potassium,
phosphorus and some heavy metals also studied from soil, these parameters have been analyzed
with the help of standard analytical methods and procedures presented systematically.
Key words: Soil sample, Physico-chemical parameters, Heavy metals.