subsoil

Example Sentences

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A dense clay subsoil, as well as bedrock close to the surface, encourages this sideways movement.

From Seattle Times

And under their rear garden is a soakaway: essentially a big tank constructed of crates that collects excess rainwater and gradually drains it into the subsoil.

From BBC

In fact even the well-endowed soil of Iowa has been so ravaged that subsoil is revealed at the land surface at locations across the state.

From Scientific American

A subsoil of chalky sand above chalk bedrock absorbs excess rainfall.

From Seattle Times

As the root system grows, it creates more and more pathways that allow water to get into the deep subsoil, and fostering the growth of microbes that benefit other life.

From Washington Post