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What is a long narrow hole dug in the Earth?

A long narrow hole dug in the Earth is called a trench. Trenches are often created for various purposes such as construction, agriculture, or military purposes.


If you went into your backyard and started digging and dug all the way through the center of the earth to the other side would you end up in China?

No, you would not. You would burn when you hit the centre of the earth. Even if the Earth did not have a heated centre, you would not hit China unless you lived in the US and dug a perfectly straight line. No, you would not. You would burn when you hit the centre of the earth. Even if the Earth did not have a heated centre, you would not hit China unless you lived in the US and dug a perfectly straight line. No, you wouldn't!!!! The US is in the Northern hemisphere. So is China. Digging through the centre of the earth would land you in the SOUTHERN hemisphere.


How deep has the Earth's crust been drilled into?

This can be answered in two ways.Man has gone "in person" as deep as the deepest mine, TauTona in Carletonville, South Africa at 3.9 kilometres.Boreholes have been made even deeper.The present holder of this record is the Kola Superdeep Borehole in Russia. It reached 12.262 kilometres in 1989.


How far form the earth is your planet?

Er ... which planet exactly do you think that we come from? As far as science can discover, Earth IS the only planet with life on it, so you're asking how far Earth is from Earth.


Is Earth very far away from Earth?

No, Earth is not far away from itself. Earth is the planet we live on, so it is always present beneath our feet.