Define Arable land.
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Arable land is the land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted only once), temporary meadows for mowing or pasture, land under market and kitchen gardens and land temporarily fallow (less than five years).
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Arable land
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Modern arable agriculture typically uses large fields like this one in Dorset, England.
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Modern arable agriculture typically uses large fields like this one in Dorset, England.
Percentage of arable land by country, from CIA figures
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Percentage of arable land by country, from CIA figures
In geography, arable land (from Latin arare, to plough) is a form of agricultural land use, meaning land that can be used for growing crops.
Of the earth's 57 million square miles (148,000,000 km²) of land, approximately 12 million square miles (31,000,000 km²) are arable; however, arable land is being lost at the rate of over 100,000 km² (38,610 square miles) per year.
Most of the arable land on earth is around the largest rivers on earth; for example, the Nile River, the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, the Yellow River, the Amazon River, the Ganges and the Rhine River. These rivers flood regularly, overspilling their banks. When the flood is over, the rivers recede, leaving behind rich silt. This silt is excellent fertilizer for crops. Even if the land is overfarmed, and all the nutrients are depleted from the soil, the land renews its fertility when the next flood comes. Thus, flood control projects such as levees may increase human comfort, but cause substantial adverse impact to the quantity and quality of arable land.