Later,Alfred Wegener said the continents had once been part of a huge area of land he called Pangaea.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

It has often been pointed out that in the past 4000 years more wars have been fought for the possession of the tiny strip of land known as Canaan, or the land of Israel, or Palestine, than have been fought for almost any other area in the world.

很多人指出，在过去的4000多年中,为了占领这一小块土地，有过多次战争,这块叫迦南，或以色列或巴勒斯坦的土地，这些战争远多于世界其他地区。

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They were given a large area of land north of Wyoming in the Dakota territory.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

The government decided to put aside an area of land for each tribe.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

Today, the government controls about ninety-seven percent of all the land in the Jackson Hole area.

VOA: special.2009.02.16

Texas has a land area of more than six hundred and seventy-eight thousand square kilometers.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

This protected area is known for its rich biodiversity of sea and land creatures.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

Groups of men formed large companies and began buying land in the area.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

Slowly the area became what visitors see today -- a dry land of high flat mesa tops and deep canyons formed through thousands of years by flowing rivers.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

It would land in an area called the Ocean of Storms.

VOA: special.2009.07.29

Much of that area is desert land.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

"Many of the lands are under customary arrangement and depending on the specific area where the land is being acquired the specific customary arrangements in that area would apply,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.23