华北平原大多是褐色土壤，土层深厚，农作物有小麦、玉米、谷子、棉花等。

The deep, brown topsoil of the North China Plain is planted with wheat, corn, millet, sorghum and cotton.

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相信更多的失踪者埋在瓦砾之中，或者埋在海啸留下的那层褐色土壤之下。

Many more are believed to be inside the debris, or buried under the layer of brown mud that the tsunami left behind.

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时值十一月底，庄稼收割完毕，很多田地变得光秃秃的，暴露出来的土壤颜色从灰白色到褐色不等。

By late November, crops had been harvested and many of the fields were bare. The exposed soil ranges from pale tan to brown in the image.

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