red earth

British  

noun

1. a clayey zonal soil of tropical savanna lands, formed by extensive chemical weathering, coloured by iron compounds, and less strongly leached than laterite

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Example Sentences

He was sitting beside a mound of red earth, carefully pushing a blade of grass into a hole, then withdrawing it and poking it into his mouth.

From Los Angeles Times

They run alongside raised banks of red earth, deep trenches and neat lines of anti-tank dragon's teeth concrete pyramids.

From BBC

Edita Mwangi, who harvests coffee cherries on the red earth hillside overlooking the processing plant, confirms this.

From BBC

In the background, a hillside can be seen partially collapsed and a large patch of red earth has been exposed.

From BBC

To locate the tunnel, forces repeated an Israeli tactic used elsewhere in the strip, overturning mounds of red earth to produce a crater-like hole giving way to a small tunnel entrance.

From Seattle Times