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Photo showing piece of agricultural land irrigated and ploughed for paddy cultivation Share of land area used for agriculture, OWID. Agricultural land is typically land devoted to agriculture, [1] the systematic and controlled use of other forms of life—particularly the rearing of livestock and production of crops—to produce food for humans.
(pl.) aboiteaux A sluice or conduit built beneath a coastal dike, with a hinged gate or a one-way valve that closes during high tide, preventing salt water from flowing into the sluice and flooding the land behind the dike, but remains open during low tide, allowing fresh water precipitation and irrigation runoff to drain from the land into the sea; or a method of land reclamation which relies ...
Agricultural patterns of crop production in Kansas Cultivated terraces at Pisacu, Peru. Agricultural geography is a sub-discipline of human geography concerned with the spatial relationships found between agriculture and humans. That is, the study of the phenomena and effects that lead to the formation of the earth's top surface, in different ...
The word agriculture is a late Middle English adaptation of Latin agricultūra, from ager 'field' and cultūra 'cultivation' or 'growing'. [7] While agriculture usually refers to human activities, certain species of ant, [8] [9] termite and beetle have been cultivating crops for up to 60 million years. [10]
A growing region, also known as a farming region or agricultural region, refers to a geographic area characterised by specific climate factors, soil conditions and agricultural practices that are favourable for the cultivation and production of crops, plants, or livestock.
This glossary of geography terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in geography and related fields, including Earth science, oceanography, cartography, and human geography, as well as those describing spatial dimension, topographical features, natural resources, and the collection, analysis, and visualization of geographic ...
Modern mechanised agriculture permits large fields like this one in Dorset, England. Arable land (from the Latin: arabilis, "able to be ploughed") is any land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops. [1] Alternatively, for the purposes of agricultural statistics, [2] the term often has a more precise definition:
A back paddock is a smaller field that is situated away from the farm house; possibly land of lesser quality. [5] The equivalent concept in North America and the UK is a pasture. In Australia, the word seems to have had its current meaning since at least 1807 [6] and in New Zealand since at least 1842. [7]