subsurface

/S AH1 B S ER0 F AH0 S/
noun
  1. 1

    Something that is below the layer that is on the surface.

    โ€œBefore we could lay the flooring we had to lay a subsurface under it to keep it flat and support it.โ€

  2. 2

    A surface which is a submanifold of another surface.

adjective
  1. 1

    Below the surface

    โ€œvariations in subsurface conditionsโ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subsurface