#soil__land__ground material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"
supertype: #physical_object__object a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
subtype: #badlands deeply eroded barren land
subtype: #bottomland__bottom low-lying alluvial land near a river
subtype: #coastland land in a coastal area
subtype: #cultivated_land__tilled_land__tillage__tilth land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
subtype: #fallow cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons
subtype: #overburden the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits
subtype: #permafrost ground that is permanently frozen
subtype: #rangeland lan suitable for grazing livestock
subtype: #sward__turf__sod surface layer of ground containing a matt of grass and grass roots
subtype: #divot a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club)
subtype: #wetland a low area where the land is saturated with water
subtype: #peat_bog__bog wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel
subtype: #mire__quagmire__morass a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
subtype: #slough.peat_bog a hollow filled with mud
subtype: #marsh__marshland__fen low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water
subtype: #swamp low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
subtype: #Okefenokee_Swamp a large swampy area of northeast Florida and southeast Georgia
subtype: #slough.swamp a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)
instance: #Everglades
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