No one quite knows why glaciers and ice shelves are melting so fast, or how a meltwater lake on the Greenland ice sheet covering six square kilometres could drain away in 24 hours, as it did in 2006.
没有人非常了解为什么冰架这么迅速的融化，也没人知道格林兰冰架上的一个覆盖6平方千米的融水湖会在24小时内流干——这在2006确实发生了。
When an eruption in 1977 drained the crater of its lava lake, Nyiragongo flooded 20 square kilometers in an hour and killed around 70 people.
1977年的那次火山爆发，火山口的熔岩湖喷涌而出，在1小时之内就淹没了周围20平方公里的土地令大约70人丧生。
Located on the eastern shore of Taihu Lake, just 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Suzhou City, Tongli town is 63 square kilometers (24 square miles) in area and has a population of over 33 thousand.
坐落在东部海岸的太湖之滨，距离苏州市区只有18公里(11英里)。同里面积63(24平方英里)平方公里，人口超过33万。
By 1928, the Los Angeles Aqueduct had drained the 100-square-mile Owens Lake dry, diverted the Owens River and turned much of the Owens Valley into a dust bowl.
1928年洛杉矶渡槽抽干了100平方英里的欧文斯湖，转到欧文斯河，致使大部分欧文斯流域变成沙尘暴区。
With a total area of 132 square kilometers, Yuncheng salt lake is one of the three largest sodium sulfate salt lakes in the world.
面积共132平方公里，运城盐湖是世界三大硫酸钠盐湖之一。
Lake Eyre might be the bleakest, most featureless place on earth-a flat, arid salt sink in Australia with only the horizon to define its 3,700 square miles.
澳大利亚南部的艾尔湖可能是地球上最荒芜，最没有特色的地方了。这个澳大利亚低平的，荒芜的盐碱性湖泊有的只是地平线上3700平方英里的面积。
The dam would create a lake of up to 450 square KMS (175 square miles), flooding some 60 villages, as well as roads and forest.
Inambari大坝将创造一个高达450平方公里的湖泊，淹没约60个村庄，还有公路和森林。
Now it's less than a tenth of that size. Left behind are 15, 000 square miles of salty, toxin-laden lake bed.
如今，它的面积已经不到原来的十分之一，只留下一万五千平方英里含盐和毒素的湖床。
In the 1960s, the lake covered roughly 48, 811 square meters.
在二十世纪六十年代，这个湖的覆盖面积是48,811平方米。
The lake, which dates back some 3.4 billion years, appears to have covered as much as 80 square miles and was up to 1,500 feet deep, said the team from the University of Colorado.
美国科罗拉多大学的研究小组称，科学家发现的湖泊距今已有34亿年历史，占地80平方英里，深达1500英尺。
The lake, which dates back some 3.4 billion years, appears to have covered as much as 80 square miles and was up to 1, 500 feet deep, said the team from the University of Colorado.
美国科罗拉多大学的研究小组称，科学家发现的湖泊距今已有34亿年历史，占地80平方英里，深达1500英尺。
A major lake of the country, Lake Como covers 56 square miles (146 square kilometers) and reaches a depth of 1, 358 feet (414 meters) between Careno and Argegno.
科摩湖是意大利一个主要湖泊，在卡雷诺和阿尔杰尼奥之间，湖面积56平方英里（146平方公里），深达1358英尺（414米）。
The scientists estimate the lake covered as much as 80 square miles and was up to 1,500 feet deep.
科学家估计，这个湖有80平方英里大，1500英尺深。
With a total area of 235 square kilometers and an elevation of 4, 400m, Zabuye salt lake is the third largest lithium salt lake in the world.
面积共235平方公里，海拔4400米。扎布耶盐湖是世界上第三大的锂盐湖。
NEAR the edge of Temple Square in Salt Lake City is an unobtrusive statue of a man pulling a wooden handcart, with his family walking beside him.
在盐湖城教堂广场的边缘附近有一座很温馨的雕像，塑造了一个拉着木质手推车的男人和他的家人一起行走。
Shiyan city, a city in northwest Hubei, a two-million square kilometer barrier lake has been formed by a massive landslide.
在十堰市，一座湖北西北部的城市，一场大规模的泥石流已经形成了两百万平方公里的堰塞湖。
Out of this lake, as from the white square stone in Ben Bulben, issues an unearthly troop.
像本布尔本山的白色方石一样，湖中也会涌出仙军。
About 140 tour boats already crowd the three-square-mile lake, and new hotel and cable car construction mars the natural scenery with a jumbled skyline.
在三平方哩的湖里，挤满了大约140艘观光船，新的旅馆和游览电车有些乱七八糟，与自然风景不太协调。
It is a plateau lake with a total area of 52 square kilometers, 2685 meters above sea level.
泸沽湖是高原湖泊，湖水面积52平方公里，水面海拔2685米。
Lake Chad, located in the Sahel region near the Sahara, was the fourth largest lake in Africa in the 1960s and had an area of more than 10,000 square miles.
乍得湖位于撒哈拉沙漠附近的萨赫勒地区，在1960年代曾经是非洲的第四大湖泊，而且拥有超过1万平方英里的面积。
Lake Chad, located in the Sahel region near the Sahara, was the fourth largest lake in Africa in the 1960s and had an area of more than 10, 000 square miles.
乍得湖位于撒哈拉沙漠附近的萨赫勒地区，在1960年代曾经是非洲的第四大湖泊，而且拥有超过1万平方英里的面积。
The scientists estimate the lake covered as much as 80 square miles and was up to 1, 500 feet deep.
科学家估计，这个湖有80平方英里大，1500英尺深。
Lough Neagh is the largest lake in Britain which is located in Northern Ireland. (396 square kilometres).
讷湖(内伊湖)是英国最大的湖，位于北爱尔兰。面积为396平方公里。
Lough Neagh is the largest lake in Britain, which is located in Northern Ireland (396 square kilometres).
纳湖(内伊湖)是英国最大的湖，位于北爱尔兰，面积为396平方公里。
Oil and duckweed algae coat Lake Maracaibo, a 13, 000-square-kilometer salt lake.
面积达1万3千平方公里的马拉开波湖（Lake Maracaibo）是一个咸水湖。 湖面被石油和水藻类植物所覆盖。
On stormier lakes, they made stronger bases for the pilings by placing square log frames on the lake bottom.
在风浪较大的湖上，他们在湖底放置方形木料框，给木桩奠定更加坚实的基础。
The central Kunming Lake covering 2.2 square kilometers was entirely man made and the excavated soil was used to build Longevity Hill.
昆明湖占地220公顷，多为人工湖，其挖掘出的土壤用于建造万寿山。
Beacon Corner Swan Lake is located ancient ruins Gushan Yandun China Sea islands and the first stone - spotted a Yellow Sea between the stones Gulf, an area less than one square kilometers.
烟墩角天鹅湖是位于古烟墩遗址崮山岛和中华海上第一奇石——花斑彩石之间的一个黄海海湾，面积不到一平方公里。
The Poyang Lake nature protection area established in 1983, accounts for 224 square kilometers.
鄱阳湖自然保护区于1983年建立，占地224平方公里。
The Poyang Lake nature protection area established in 1983, accounts for 224 square kilometers.
鄱阳湖自然保护区于1983年建立，占地224平方公里。
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