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cotton belt
noun[ S ]
geography specializeduk /ˈkɒt.ən ˌbelt/ us /ˈkɑː.t̬ən ˌbelt/
an area of a country where a lot of cotton is grown:
The warm, south facing coast is the cotton belt of Turkey.
The unusually hot and dry weather in late summer in India's cotton belt promoted pest attacks.
the Cotton Belt
an area in the south and southeast of the US where a lot of cotton is grown:
The firm sells equipment in the central Cotton Belt, including the Mississippi Delta.
There has been drought across much of the Cotton Belt.
The pesticides have left a toxic legacy across the Cotton Belt.
The school was right in the middle of the Cotton Belt.
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