Black earth
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Black earth, Black land or Dark earth may refer to:

Locations

  • Black Earth, Wisconsin
    Black Earth, Wisconsin
    Black Earth is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,320 at the 2000 census. The village is located within the Town of Black Earth...

    , a village
  • Black Earth (town), Wisconsin
    Black Earth (town), Wisconsin
    Black Earth is a town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 449 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 17.3 square miles , all of it land....

  • Central Black Earth Region
    Central Black Earth Region
    Central Black Earth Region or Central Chernozem Region is a segment of the Eurasian chernozem belt that lies within Central Russia and comprises Voronezh Oblast, Lipetsk Oblast, Belgorod Oblast, Tambov Oblast, Oryol Oblast and Kursk Oblast...

    , of Central Russia

Soil science

  • Translation of Ukrainian "chornozem" and Russian "chernozyom," a humus-rich soil
  • Translation of Portuguese Terra preta
    Terra preta
    Terra preta is a type of very dark, fertile anthropogenic soil found in the Amazon Basin. Terra preta owes its name to its very high charcoal content, and was indeed made by adding a mixture of charcoal, bone, and manure to the otherwise relatively infertile Amazonian soil, and stays there for...

    , or terra prêta do índio, very dark soils found in the Amazon Basin

Archaeology

  • Identification of Italian Terramare, a technology complex of north Italy
  • Dark earth
    Dark earth
    For the video game by the same name, see Dark Earth .Dark Earth in archaeology is an archaeological horizon often as much as 0.6m - 0.9m thick which covers Roman remains, notably in London and in Roman ruins in the rest of England, particularly urban ones...

    , a British archaeological horizon
  • Black Earth also refers to the Archaeology site at Carrier Mills, Illinois
    Carrier Mills, Illinois
    Carrier Mills, formerly Carriers Mills and Morrilsville, also known as Catskin, is a village in Saline County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,886 at the 2000 census. Carrier Mills was named after George Washington Carrier and his saw and grist mill, and was one of the early Cairo...

     that was discovered before the stip mining.

Music

  • Black Earth (Arch Enemy album), the first album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy
  • Black Earth (Bohren & der Club of Gore album)
    Black Earth (Bohren & der Club of Gore album)
    Black Earth is the fourth album by the jazz/ambient band Bohren & der Club of Gore. Black Earth was re-released on the American label Ipecac Recordings in 2004, increasing the band's exposure in the United States.-Track listing:...

    , a 2002 album by German ambient jazz band Bohren & Der Club of Gore

Fantasy

  • The Sindarin translation of Mordor
    Mordor
    In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, Mordor or Morhdorh was the dwelling place of Sauron, in the southeast of northwestern Middle-earth to the East of Anduin, the great river. Orodruin, a volcano in Mordor, was the destination of the Fellowship of the Ring in the quest to...

    , a fictional location in J. R. R. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth
  • Dark Earth (video game)
    Dark Earth (video game)
    Dark Earth is a post-apocalyptic action-adventure game for the PC.-Story:Dark Earth takes place several centuries in the future, when a meteor collision with Earth tossed up great clouds of dust that blocked out the sun. Earth's remaining survivors began to seek refuge beneath small openings in the...

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