Still supported by the piles driven into the marshy soil in 1824, millions of gallons of water had to be pumped into the foundations of the church to prevent its collapse as a result.
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A few minutes later, deep ditches appear, dug to prevent the cesium and strontium fallout that has leached into the marshy soil from draining into the nearby Dnieper River basin, where 36 million Ukrainians get their drinking water.
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As a community, the Luba people constructed dams and dikes as high as 6 to 8 feet using mud, papyrus and other vegetation, to improve the marshy soil conditions for agriculture and stock fish during the long dry season.
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On April 1, Kinkaid received approval from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to execute the operation, codenamed SANDCRAB . The terrain of Attu Island was not hospitable for such an operation much of the island's landmass not covered in snowy peaks was covered in muskeg, a marshy soil type that is almost impossible to cross by foot.
