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Land surveying
13. Soil amelioration - a set of works involving removal, transportation, and application of fertile soil layers and potentially fertile rocks onto less productive land with the aim of improving them
Source: Order of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia No. 525, Roskomzem No. 67 dated December 22, 1995 "On Approval of Basic Provisions on Land Reclamation, Removal, Preservation and Rational Use of Fertile Soil Layers" (Registered by the Ministry of Justice of Russia July 29, 1996 No. 1136)