"Fertile plains" refers to areas of land that are very good for farming or growing crops. These plains have rich soil and receive enough water and sunlight for plants to grow and thrive. Full definition
Located in the tropics at an intersection between Java and Nusa Tenggara Islands and between two continents, Asia Dominated by lofty volcanoes and misty highland, the highly cultivated fertile plains of Bali stretch towards the sea in an unsurpassable beautiful verdant patchwork. (giliombakexpress.com)
At the heart of the unrest were starvation and famine in the Ptolemaic Kingdom, where grain harvests were critically dependent on annual flooding of fertile plains by the East African monsoon. (newscientist.com)
Affluent countries like Saudi Arabia, South Korea, China and India have descended on fertile plains across the African continent, acquiring huge tracts of land to produce wheat, rice and corn for consumption back home. (treehugger.com)