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subsoil

suhbsaw il

  • n  the layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock

  • This was manifestly unfair to foreigners who had previously acquired rights to subsoil properties.
  • Because water gushes up through the sandy subsoil to flood excavations, digging has been limited only to a few test cuts.
  • What was left retreated into the subsoil or, significantly, contracted into the poles.
Quotes

  • Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov in Reuters
    Berdymukhamedov said that "existing anomalies have hindered the accelerated industrial development of the subsoil riches of central Karakum," according to the report.
  • Harold Evans in USA Today
    Kildall created the bedrock and subsoil out of which the PC software industry would grow,Evans wrote.
  • Vladimir Putin in Persian Journal
    Vladimir Putin said: "we regard that authority in Caspian belongs to the littoral states. It is also connected with subsoil resources:I want to underline especially that all sides positively assessed issues raised."

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