For example, rocky soil may prevent the digging of pit-type systems.

例如，岩质土，不能挖掘坑洞式厕所；

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Because of the rugged terrain and dry, rocky soil, agriculture is restricted to one third of the land. Transportation is difficult.

由于地势起伏、干燥缺水和土壤少，希腊只有三分之一的土地可用于农业耕作，交通运输也很困难。

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They were luckier than their fellow Puritans atPlymouth Bay, who subsisted as independent farmers, wresting meagre harvests ofmaize from the rocky soil of New England.

他们比在普利茅斯海湾身为自由农民的清教徒同伴幸运，那些自由农民只能靠新英格兰石质土壤里歉收的玉米维生。

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Biswajit Banerjee, the divisional forest officer, admits that the rocky soil is of little use for planting trees.

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As our ship drew closer to the islands, we could see lunar landmasses with no vegetation and rocky brown soil.

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Where the Earth has soil, other rocky bodies in the solar system have regolith.

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