chernozem
/chur-nuh-zem, chair-; Russian chyir-nuh-zyawm/US // ˈtʃɜr nəˌzɛm, ˈtʃɛər-; Russian tʃyɪr nʌˈzyɔm //UK // (ˈtʃɜːnəʊˌzɛm) //
黑钙土
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a soil common in cool or temperate semiarid climates, very black and rich in humus and carbonates.
Examples
This is the black earth known as chernozem, which is rich in humus.
About 20 percent of the agricultural land is of the chernozem type.
Chernozem soils predominate, and the seasonal distribution of rainfall is more propitious than in Walachia.
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