Another main road, north-west to Uganda, which should be one of Africa's great arteries, is pitted with craters often two feet deep, reducing traffic to little better than walking pace for stretches of 15km or so.

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About 80 percent of the city was flooded with water up to 20 feet deep after the two levees collapsed.

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The two wells -- one is 855 feet deep, the other is 1, 242 feet deep -- are recharged by mountain springs, which get their water from snowmelt off nearby mountains.

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Firstly, the two wells are monstrously deep well, with over 3, 000 feet net shale thickness.

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Painter is six feet three and forty-two, with dark hair, rimless eyeglasses, and a deep voice.

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"In the history of mankind, " only two people have ever been below 18, 000 feet and the ocean is "twice as deep" as that.

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In water 20 to 25 feet deep just off the Thimble Islands, Mr. Smith has set up two, 150-foot lines of rope that are submerged about three feet below the water's surface and held into place by chains and 400-pound anchors.

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Over the last two years 65% of all new reserves worldwide were found in deep water (depths of 1, 200 feet or more).

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