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:

    I only know that a rook
    Ordering its black feathers can so shine
    As to seize me senses, haul
    My eyelids up, and grant

    A brief respite from fear
    Of total neutrality.
    Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)

    Weather is not as important as good soil, and good soil is not as important as human harmony.
    —Chinese proverb.

    Mencius.