be·low·ground

(bĭ-lō′ground′)

adj.

Situated or occurring below the surface of the ground: belowground telephone cables.

be·low′ground′ adv.

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belowground

(bɪˈləʊˌɡraʊnd)

adj

underground

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be•low•ground

(ˈbɪˈloʊˌgraʊnd)
adj.

situated beneath the surface of the earth; subterranean.

[1925–30]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	belowground - under the level of the ground; "belowground storage areas"; "underground caverns" underground subsurface - beneath the surface; "subsurface materials of the moon"
	2.	belowground - underneath the ground; "most of his friends are now belowground" buried, inhumed, interred - placed in a grave; "the hastily buried corpses"

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Dr de Vries added: "This study allows soil ecologists to estimate the current and future impacts of drought on belowground organisms, helping to understand the complex interactions of species due to climate change."

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While the belowground restaurant is all about candlelit cosiness, it has a small outdoor area where diners can enjoy a drink in the sunshine.

Petit - but perfectly formed

These effects are primarily attributed to rhizodeposition, which may account for as much as 25% of belowground allocated C (Jones et al.

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Logistical and economic limitations prevented us from taking morphometric measurements of all plants and from identifying belowground invertebrates that would enable a complete description of the seagrass beds (e.g., above- and belowground biomass) at both sites.

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The InVEST module uses land cover maps and data on stocks in four carbon pools (aboveground biomass, belowground biomass, soil, and dead organic matter) to estimate the amount of carbon currently stored in a landscape.

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