COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF LAKE SEDIMENTS AND AGRICULTURAL SOIL IN THE VICINITY OF BADNERA REGION, AMRAVATI

: Lake sediments are composed mainly of sediments, silt and sand, organic debris, chemical precipitates or combination of these. Soil eroded and delivered from cropland as sediments usually contains a higher percentage of finer and less dense particles than the parent soil on the cropland. In present study Sample from Manjari lake sediments and agricultural land near Manjari lake were taken. Also, samples from kondeshwar lake sediments and agricultural land sediment and agricultural land near Manjari lake were taken for study purpose. Finding of research shows that level of pH, Conductivity, Organic carbon, N.P.K. is comparatively more in Manjari lake than agricultural land. This shows that Manjari lake sediments are more fertile than agricultural soil.From all the findings it is concluded that Manjari lake sediments can be used as fertilizer for improving soil quality of agricultural land. It willl prove to be a helping hand for increasing the depth of lake and thereby reducing eutrophication. In case of kondeshwar lake, Lake sediments are not that much useful for agricultural purpose as agricultural land near kondeshwar lake is more fertile than the lake sediments. But it may be used for increasing the fertility of the bare areas in the vicinity of the kondeshwar village.