dead soil

• barrenUnable to produce
• lifelessDevoid of animation
• sterileFree from microorganisms
• depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
• exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy

compacted · dusty · cracked · parched · erosion · drought · fallow · wasteland · clay · hardpan · nutrients · fertilizer · microbes · worms · humus · tillage · degraded · arid

• soil typesclay soil, sandy soil, loamy soil, rocky soil, loam
• soil degradationsoil erosion, soil depletion, nutrient depletion, desertification, salinization