depleted soil
Nutrient-starved ground
Depleted soil has lost the nutrients, organic matter, or microbial life needed to support healthy plant growth.
Intensive farming, erosion, and lack of crop rotation can deplete soil over time: The depleted soil wouldn't yield anything without heavy fertilization.
Restoration requires adding organic material, letting fields lie fallow, or rotating crops.
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
- worn outDepleted through overuse
- barrenUnable to produce
- erodedGradually degraded by elements
- dust bowlErosion-ravaged drought zone
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depleted soilfertile soil
Nutrient-rich growing medium
rich loam · mineral-rich soil · black earth · arable land · topsoil
depleted soilforest soil
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