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Laterite soils and Forest soils are acidic in nature. What is the reason for this?

High rainfalls leach away the cations into sub soil region.
Trees and plants absorb the cations necessary for their development.
Cations are washed away along with running water and drained into sea/ocean.
None of the above reasons are correct.
Explanation:
Water from rain, flooding, or other sources seeps into the ground, during which it candissolve chemicals and carry them into the underground water supply. Thus also causingground water contamination.
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