Red earth in Singapore, Australia and the UK

Red earth in Singapore. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Red earth like this could be sandy or clay. Clay is the particle size, the finest grind like flour which is cool and holds water. 

Singapore

In Singapore two station names are Redhill (English) and Tanah Merah (Malay). 

USA

The most beautiful orange pinnacles are Bryce Canyon.

UK

In the UK the area of Devon on the South West Coast, next to Cornwall, (which is the toe) has beautiful red earth and red rock cliffs. (Contrast with the White Cliffs of Dover, on the South East coast of England, which are chalky.)

Australia

Parts of Australia have Terra Rossa, a particular type of red earth.

Looking at the landscape, you can be an earth detective. What is the soil? What can you grow? 

What can you photograph? Is it typical of the country, or region, or unusual?

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.