Black earth

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Black earth, black land or dark earth may refer to:

Places

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In science and technology

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Archaeology

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  • Black Earth, the archaeology site at Carrier Mills, Illinois, United States, that was discovered before the strip mining
  • Dark earth, or black earth, a geological and archaeological term
  • Terramare, or Black Earth, a technology complex of north Italy

Soil science

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  • Black earth, the original meaning of chernozem, a type of humus-rich soil
  • Black earth, the English translation of the Portuguese terra preta, or terra prêta do índio, very dark soils found in the Amazon Basin

Arts, entertainment, and media

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Fictional entities

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  • Black Earth, the Sindarin translation of Mordor, a fictional location in J. R. R. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth
  • Black Earth areas 1 and 2, in the Mega Man Battle Network 4 Blue Moon and Red Sun versions

Music

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Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

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See also

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