Black earth

Black earth, black land or dark earth may refer to:

Places

• Black Earth (town), Wisconsin, a town in the U.S. state of Wisconsin
• Black Earth, Wisconsin, a village in the U.S. state of Wisconsin
• Black Earth, Wisconsin (Potawatomi village), a former Native American village in the U.S. state of Wisconsin
• Central Black Earth economic region, one of 12 economic regions of Russia
• Central Black Earth Region, of Central Russia

In science and technology

Archaeology

• Black Earth, the archaeology site at Carrier Mills, Illinois, United States, that was discovered before the strip mining
• Dark earth, or black earth, a geological and archaeological term
• Terramare, or Black Earth, a technology complex of north Italy

Soil science

• Black earth, the original meaning of chernozem, a type of humus-rich soil
• Black earth, the English translation of the Portuguese terra preta, or terra prêta do índio, very dark soils found in the Amazon Basin

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Black Earth, the Sindarin translation of Mordor, a fictional location in J. R. R. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth
• Black Earth areas 1 and 2, in the Mega Man Battle Network 4 Blue Moon and Red Sun versions

Music

• Black Earth, a group comprising current and ex-members of Arch Enemy, named after the 1996 Arch Enemy album
• Black Earth (Arch Enemy album), a 1996 album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy
• Black Earth (Bohren & der Club of Gore album), a 2002 album by the German ambient jazz band Bohren & Der Club of Gore
• Black Earth, an album by Turkish pianist Fazıl Say

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning, a 2015 book by historian Timothy D. Snyder
• Black Earth Rising, a 2018 television drama series
• Dark Earth (video game), a 1997 post-apocalyptic adventure game
• Black Earth (film), a 1923 German silent film

See also

• Black soil (disambiguation)
• Blacklands (disambiguation)

1. Black Earth Rising
2. Central Black Earth Region
3. Terra preta
4. Black Earth, Wisconsin
5. Chernozem
6. Black Earth (town), Wisconsin
7. Arch Enemy
8. Central Black Earth Economic Region
9. Black Earth (Arch Enemy album)
10. Michael Amott
11. Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning
12. Salt of the Black Earth
13. Black Earth Farming
14. Earth Is a Black Hole
15. Black Earth (Bohren & der Club of Gore album)
16. Black soil
17. Central Black Earth Oblast
18. Nicole Mitchell (musician)
19. Dark earth
20. Laurel Lance (Arrowverse)