Mantle

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Solar Energy

The main bulk of the Earth, between the crust and core, ranging from depths of about 40 to 3,480 kilometers. It is composed of dense mafic silicates and divided into concentric layers by phase changes that are caused by the increase in pressure with depth.

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) — Solar Energy Development PEIS Glossary retrieved 2014-06-15

Science

Water

A thick layer of rock deep within the earth that separates the earth's crust above from the earth's core below.

Bureau of Reclamation — Bureau of Reclamation Glossary