Black Soil

Black soil may refer to:

  • Chernozem, fertile black soils found in eastern Europe, Russia and the Canadian prairies
  • Vertisol, dark cracking soils with a high clay content found between 50° N and 45° S of the equator
  • Terra preta (Portuguese,) “black earth” or soil of Amazon river basin

Famous quotes containing the words black and/or soil:

    Elvis’ disappearing body is like a flashing event horizon at the edge of the black hole that is America today.
    Arthur Kroker (b. 1945)

    A grimy fly can soil the entire wall and a small, dirty little act can ruin the entire proceedings.
    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)