fertile land
Arable growing ground
Fertile land is ground capable of supporting abundant plant growth—soil rich in nutrients and suitable for agriculture.
The phrase often appears in discussions of farming, settlement, and environmental stewardship: They migrated west in search of fertile land.
Figuratively, any fertile ground can nurture growth: The region became fertile land for revolutionary ideas.
- humusDecayed organic soil matter
- loamFertile soil mixture
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- breadbasketMajor grain-producing region
- amber wavesWindblown golden grain fields
fertilization · nutrients · rainfall · growing season · fecund · decomposition · nitrogen · river valley · organic matter · Nile Delta · biodiversity · pH balance · cover crops · terroir · farm country · sustainable farming · cultivated · carbon sequestration
- desert oasispalm trees, date palms, well, water source, oasis
- land typespark, croplands, reserve, rangelands, forest
- NileNile, River Nile, Blue Nile, White Nile, Nile Delta
- groundground, earth, soil, dirt, terra firma
- Biblical agricultureplowing, sowing, harvesting, reaping, threshing
- medieval farmingfarms, farming, crops, plough, crop rotation
fertile landpoor soil
Nutrient-deficient earth
hardpan · dead soil · barren soil · wasteland · badlands
fertile landdesert
To leave behind completely
wasteland · badlands · dead zone · dust bowl · scorched earth