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Black earth, black land or dark earth may refer to:
Places edit
- 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 edit
Archaeology edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
Fictional entities edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- 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