Other analysis showed that the dirt and dust consisted of both tiny crystals where the atoms lined up in neat patterns and what the scientists called "amorphous" materials — the atoms jumbled up randomly, as in glass.
The general's earnestness was also illustrated by some 2,000 wheelbarrows piled up in pieces at their negotiation place for a community cleanup -- although, in truth, much of the city consists of dirt.
It consists not of dirt and grass, but of a seamless synthetic material laid over blacktop, similar to a tennis court, so that a player in a wheelchair can roll around the bases, or one who struggles to walk can roam the infield without tripping in rough terrain.
After that, the landscape primarily consists of red dirt and vine-covered trees.
Compared to McPherson Plaza, where Occupy activists had been camping largely on grass and dirt, the space at Freedom Plaza consists primarily of stone pavement.
The digging consists of the removal of surplus dirt and the painstaking examination, through observation, sifting, and other means, of remaining soil, artifacts, and context.
The felted part of the cover consists of secreted filaments (and sometimes dirt and plant fragments) glued together to form a more-or-less flexible cover.
The village consists of low mud-brick houses along dirt paths.
The remainder of the system consists of improved roads or simply of dirt roads.
The country is overly dependent on high-cost road transportation, which consists of travelling 2,000-plus 2,000-plus on precarious dirt roads that can become unusable during rainy periods and highly congested at harvest times.
