It's open country, but not like this - flat as your hand for miles, with deep black soil.

This was covered by black soil containing a few flakes.

The town lies in an area with rich black soil known to yield fine crops.

It generally burrows in areas with black soil and few trees.

I could almost feel the crumble of rich black soil between my hands.

One-third of all the world's black soil lies within its borders.

He walked across a field, water oozing from the black soil after each step.

He sank to his knees in the soft black soil.

The black soil showed that the tract of land had been burned over.

The land opened out into a mighty plain with rich black soil.