noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
cracks in the ground; ground fissures
Refers to natural or earthquake-induced fissures in the earth's surface. Can be used as a noun or as a suru verb (地割れする) to describe the ground cracking.
地震で道路に大きな地割れができた。
A large crack formed in the road due to the earthquake.
干ばつで畑が地割れして
The field is cracked from the drought.