#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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