agricultural area

Land for farming

An agricultural area is a region where farming is the dominant land use—fields, pastures, orchards, and the infrastructure that supports them.

The term appears in zoning, land-use planning, and geography to distinguish farming zones from urban, industrial, or wilderness areas: Property values in agricultural areas have risen as developers eye farmland.

Related

farm belt · orchard · vineyard · plantation · agrarian economy · breadbasket · grazing land · crop · homestead · fertile · soil fertility · crop rotation · harvest · amber waves · wheat · tractor · corn · row

Categories
Opposites
land use type

agricultural areaurban area

Densely developed inhabited zone

industrial zone · city · metropolitan area · urban center · commercial district

natural vs. cultivated land

agricultural areawilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

untamed wilderness · virgin forest · nature reserve · natural habitat · primeval forest

human development intensity

agricultural areaconcrete jungle

Dense cityscape, few parks

metropolis · asphalt jungle

Family

area, agriculture

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G