Water in these places drills its way downward by dissolving the carbonate rock to form an extensive underground river system.

He named both oxygen ( 1778 ) and hydrogen ( 1783 ) and helped construct the metric system, put together the first extensive list of elements, and helped to reform chemical nomenclature.

Domestically speaking, the county has a nationwide cellular telephone system and an extensive network of telephone cables.

In Belgium an extensive system of tram-like local railways called vicinal or buurtspoor lines crossed the country in the first half of the 20th century, and had a greater route length than the main-line railway system.

extensive microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite system with 64 earth stations.

In conjunction with these products, Burroughs also manufactured an extensive range of cheque processing equipment, normally attached as terminals to a larger system such as a B2700 or B1700.

The extensive Chilean protected areas system includes 32 national parks, 48 natural reserves and 15 natural monuments.

* System: privatization began in 1988 ; advanced telecommunications infrastructure ; modern system based on extensive microwave radio relay facilities ; fixed-line connections have dropped in recent years as mobile-cellular usage continues to increase, reaching a level of 85 telephones per 100 persons

** Domestic: extensive microwave radio relay links ; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations

The country has an extensive road system of more than 30, 000 kilometers, although much of it is in disrepair.

The Cretaceous was named for the extensive chalk deposits of this age in Europe, but in many parts of the world, the Cretaceous system consists for a major part of marine limestone, a rock type that is formed under warm, shallow marine circumstances.

An extensive canal system exists within the Imperial Valley in the Southern California desert to provide irrigation to agriculture within the area.

A more extensive system of social welfare benefits was established by the Attlee Government, which did much to reduce acute social deprivation.

The Ferrocarril Domingo Faustino Sarmiento | Sarmiento Line is part of the extensive Rail transport in Argentina # Commuter network | Buenos Aires metropolitan rail system.

The Canadian Great Lakes region has similarities to that of the Upper Midwest & Great Lakes region and / or Yooper dialect ( in particular Michigan which has extensive cultural and economic ties with Ontario ), while the phonological system of western Canadian English is virtually identical to that of the Pacific Northwest of the United States, and the phonetics are similar.

The vast system of Roman aqueducts also made extensive use of hydraulic cement.

DeVos and Wagatsuma observe that a systematic and extensive caste system was part of the Japanese society.

Many cacti have a short growing season and a long dormancy and are able to react quickly to any rainfall, helped by an extensive but relatively shallow root system.

Its coordinates are 15 25 N, 61 20 W. It is known as " The Nature Island of the Caribbean " due to its spectacular, lush, and varied flora and fauna, which is protected by an extensive natural park system.

He introduced an extensive new tax system based on heads ( capita ) and land ( iuga ) and tied to a new, regular census of the Empire's population and wealth.

Embodying the philosophy explained by Chesterton, above, that too much capitalism means too few capitalists, not too many, America's extensive system of anti-trust legislation seeks to prevent the concentration of market power in a given industry into too-few hands.

; Telephone system: large system ; underwent extensive upgrading during 1990s and is reasonably modern ; Telecom Egypt, the landline monopoly, has been increasing service availability and in 2006 fixed-line density stood at 14 per 100 persons ; as of 2007 there were three mobile-cellular networks and service is expanding rapidly

After an extensive public participation program, including 21 public hearings in six counties, a unified system of buses and ferries emerged as the best means to serve the people of Marin and Sonoma counties.

A call centre is often operated through an extensive open workspace for call centre agents, with work stations that include a computer for each agent, a telephone set / headset connected to a telecom switch, and one or more supervisor stations.

With grants from the Public Works Administration ( PWA ), the Indian Division built schools and operated an extensive road-building program in and around many reservations.

To support the activities of the United States Bureau of Immigration, the United States Public Health Service operated an extensive medical service at the immigrant station, called U. S. Marine Hospital Number 43, more widely known as the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital.

* Ghent has an extensive web of public transport lines, operated by De Lijn:

Hanover has an extensive Stadtbahn system, operated by üstra.

An extensive rail network used to exist throughout the county and was mainly operated by the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee and the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company ( known as the L. & L. S. R.

An extensive bus service operated by Stadtwerke Osnabrück provides transportation within Osnabrück and the surrounding region.

Stevens Point was named after George Stevens, who operated a grocery and supply business on the Wisconsin River during the extensive logging of interior Wisconsin, when the river was used by logging companies to float logs to market.

The Laughlin Library is operated by the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District and has full access to the district's extensive collection of books, periodicals and videos.

The extensive works of the Pennsylvania Steel Company, later operated by Bethlehem Steel, are located along the Susquehanna River in Steelton.

In the West Midlands, the company also operated the extensive urban rail service known as Centro and later Network West Midlands under contract to the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive.

The Germans operated parochial schools primarily to maintain their religious faith ; often they offered only an hour of German language instruction a week, but they always had extensive coverage of religion.

Since then, the school has reverted to being a day school with all students travelling in each day, mainly via an extensive school coach service, which has been operated by Hearn's coaches of Edgware for many years.

During the Soviet period, the Soviet Navy operated an extensive facility at the lake's eastern end, where submarine and torpedo technology was evaluated.

During the postwar regulated period, both Delta and Eastern operated an extensive route network from ATL to destinations throughout the United States.

Olana State Historic Site is now owned and operated by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Taconic Region and receives extensive support from The Olana Partnership, a private, non-profit organization.

Although Canadian Pacific was not allowed scheduled routes to many European countries, they developed extensive charter flights ( operated mainly in summertime ) beginning in the mid 1960s and through the 1970s and 1980s to Britain, France, Germany and other European points which permitted them to make some access to these markets.

The New York Central, like most other railroads, also operated a fairly extensive network of commuter lines throughout New York and Massachusetts.

Unlike the aforementioned mergers, however, a NYC merger proved tricky due to the fact that the railroad still operated a fairly extensive amount of regional and commuter passenger services that were under mandates by the Interstate Commerce Commission to maintain.

Turnpikes operated between 1729 and 1858 when the extensive railway network made them increasingly unpopular.

It originally operated in a large house in Carlisle Road, but by 1906 had grown sufficiently to move into new purpose-built facilities with extensive playing fields behind Summerdown Road.

Elizabeth Van Lew ( October 25, 1818 – September 25, 1900 ) was a well-born Richmond, Virginia resident who built and operated an extensive spy ring for the United States during the American Civil War.

In common with most American railroad companies, the Rock Island once operated an extensive passenger service.

The Rock Island also operated an extensive commuter train service in the Chicago area.