🔤 Subsidency ✨

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zameen ka baithna, dhansao, zameen dhansna, faro nashini, girawat

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📚noun

subsidency

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DEFINITION

the tendency, state, or process of sinking, settling, or caving in, especially regarding land surfaces

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Excessive groundwater extraction accelerates coastal subsidency, increasing local flood risks across low lying coastal plains today. Geologists monitored the rate of land subsidency near abandoned underground coal mines using satellite radar sensors. Structural engineers evaluated building foundations to prevent damage caused by gradual soil subsidency in area. The research paper analyzes how urban construction projects impact regional soil compaction and surface subsidency. Measuring natural subsidency helps city planners design resilient drainage systems for vulnerable river delta communities.

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subsidence sinking settling caving in collapse depression abatement

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elevation rising uplift upheaval