red soil
Iron-rich dirt
Red soil is soil colored by iron oxides, typically found in warm, humid climates where heavy rainfall has leached away other minerals.
Common in tropical and subtropical regions, red soils vary in fertility—some support agriculture well, others are nutrient-poor.
The red soil of Georgia stains everything it touches.
- lateriteTropical iron-rich clay
- weatheringAtmospheric breakdown of materials
- hematiteIron oxide ore
- iron oxideFe plus oxygen
- tropicsWarm equatorial region
kaolinite · aluminum oxide · cotton farming · African plains · pedology · Australian outback · maroon · water infiltration · erosion control · ground cover · clay · Africa · earth · outback · fertile · savanna · dust · mineral
- Outback Australiabillabong, billabongs, waterhole, waterholes, artesian water
- Soiltopsoil, subsoil, dirt, loam, earth
- Prince Edward IslandCharlottetown, Green Gables, Anne Shirley, potato farming, Georgetown
- soil typesloam, clay, silt, peat, topsoil
- soilstopsoil, subsoil, loam, silt, peat
- soil sciencetopsoil, subsoil, clay, sand, silt
soil fertility/quality
red soilprairie soil
Earth from flat grasslands
black soil · fertile soil · rich loam · loam · humus