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:
“In the black of desire
we rock and grunt, grunt and
shine”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“Let none admire
That riches grow in hell; that soil may best
Deserve the precious bane.”
—John Milton (1608–1674)