Cotton Belt

Japanese: コットン･ベルト（英語表記）Cotton Belt

A belt-like region in the southern United States where cotton cultivation was thriving. The area, which is centered on Mississippi and Alabama and stretches across the states of Louisiana, Georgia, and South Carolina, has natural conditions suitable for cotton cultivation, such as sandy loam coastal plains, more than 200 frost-free days per year, and an annual rainfall of more than 450 mm, with less than 250 mm of rainfall during the autumn harvest season. In addition, with the abundant black slave labor force on plantations, it developed as a cotton-producing region from the early days of settlement, and with the help of E. Whitney's invention of the cotton gin, it was also called the "Cotton Kingdom" from 1830 to 1860.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

アメリカ合衆国南部にひろがる綿花栽培の盛んなベルト状の地域。ミシシッピ，アラバマ両州を中心にルイジアナ，ジョージア，サウス･カロライナの諸州にまたがる地帯は，綿花栽培に適した海岸平野の砂質ロームと年無霜日数200日以上，秋の収穫期の降水量250mm以下，年降水量450mm以上という自然条件を備えていた。さらに，プランテーションの豊富な黒人奴隷労働力を用い，開拓初期以来，綿花生産地域として発展，E.ホイットニーの綿繰機の発明も手伝って，1830‐60年には〈綿花王国Cotton Kingdom〉とも呼ばれた。

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