Old, stabilised landslide deposits provide the necessary raw material for the long process of pedogenesis in the Himalayan region and generations of farmers skilfully terraced this material, transforming the mountain slopes into productive agricultural terraces.
Soil formation
Santa’s “Rubble Trouble” vs. Banta’s “Million-Year Old Khichdi”
Landslide debris provides favourable conditions for soil formation, which is an extremely slow process. The people of the Himalayan region curated agricultural terraces over the stabilised landslide debris for agriculture.