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frost heave
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frost heave
The raising of a soil surface due to the accumulation of ice in the underlying soil.
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And then in the summertime such extreme summertime about a hundred and fifty degrees hotter than just some months ago, than just some months from now, with fireweed blooming along the frost heaves and merciless rivers that are rushing and carving  and reminding us that here Mother Nature wins.
Palin's fareweel speech read out into poem by actors (video) by International Business Times - US ed.
of a bumpy bus ride due to potholes and frost heaves, to the Crash
Spring Goes Squish! by Children's Bookwatch
In colder areas, fiber cables are typically buried below the frost line to prevent the cables from being damaged by ground frost heaves.
The Secret of A Successful Underground Fiber Optic Cable Installation by Colin Yao / Computers and Internet community
 
 
 
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