White Earth

White Earth/White Earths may refer to:

  • Zaculeu ("White Earth"), pre-classic city of the Mam-Maya of Guatemala (Saqulew in modern orthography)
    • Saqulewab, "White Earths", referring to the Mam people in the Popol Vuh
United States
  • White Earth, Minnesota, a census-designated place
  • White Earth Indian Reservation in Minnesota
    • White Earth Band of Ojibwe
  • White Earth River (Minnesota)
  • White Earth, North Dakota, a small city
  • White Earth River (North Dakota)
Other uses
  • A special case derived from Earth climate simulations whereby the Earth is plunged into a state of total glaciation. Seems to provide statistical support for the Snowball Earth theory.
  • The White Earth, a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Andrew McGahan

Famous quotes containing the words white and/or earth:

    ““I,” said the cow, all white and red,”
    —Unknown. The Friendly Beasts (l. 9)

    “Parched body, hollow eyes, some uncouth thing
    Made him appear, long since from earth exiled.”
    —William Drummond, of Hawthornden (1585–1649)