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,,,,,,,,,, kilometers.  from  west  to  east,  four ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, thousand meters. from topsoil to  stone, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, a foot or two.  no  roots can fester, no ,,,,,,,,,,
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