brown earth

British  

noun

1. an intrazonal soil of temperate humid regions typically developed under deciduous forest into a dark rich layer (mull): characteristic of much of southern and central England

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brown earth

Two excavators were working to dig more graves in the light brown earth.

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

Writing in Bomb magazine in 2016, the critic Stephen Westfall noted that one of Mr. Terna’s paintings depicts what looks like a white snow patch or pond surrounded by light brown earth.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2023

Footage from the area shows residents digging in brown earth with their bare hands, or using hoes, sticks, crowbars and other tools.

From Reuters ● Nov. 23, 2022

There is movement in the thick, brown earth: Tiny earthworms being disturbed from their homestead.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2022

Then the breeze died too and there was no noise save the drip and trickle of water that ran out of clefts and spilled down, leaf by leaf, to the brown earth of the island.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding