underground storage
Subterranean holding space
Underground storage is the containment of materials—typically fuel, water, or waste—in tanks, caverns, or reservoirs beneath the earth's surface.
The practice keeps hazardous substances out of sight and protects them from weather and tampering: The gas station's underground storage tanks had to be inspected for leaks.
Strategic petroleum reserves use underground storage in salt caverns.
- crude oilUnrefined fossil fuel
- caveUnderground hollow in rock
- pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
- fuel depotStorage site for petroleum
- deep wellSubterranean water source
compressed air · mine · aquifer · karst · salt dome · borehole · nuclear waste · natural gas · tank farm · wine cellar · buried treasure · waste disposal · potable water · bunker · fallout shelter · storm shelter · seed vault · energy reserves
- underground spacesbasement, cellar, cave, cavern, tunnel
- grain storagegrain bin, silo, granary, grain elevator, corn crib
- pre-electric coolingice house, root cellar, spring house, cold room, cellar
- natural gasBTU, CH4, therm, methane, LNG
- Carbon Managementcarbon sequestration, carbon capture, carbon sinks, carbon sink, CCS
- fire adaptationsresprouting, heat resistance, cork cambium, deep roots, heat tolerance