Almost sixty percent of the world's freshwater withdrawals from rivers, lakes and other water resources go toward irrigating fields.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

They come up every now and then in springs and rivers and seas and lakes and things.

然而它们却时常出现,有时候是泉水，河流，大海或湖泊，或其他东西。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

He's interested in sailing and learns about sailing on lakes, and ponds, and rivers.

他喜欢航海,并在湖泊,池塘,河流里学习航行

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

It may look like a natural environment of lakes and woodlands, but it was entirely built by human labor.

VOA: special.2009.10.30

The rock formations there are the result of deposits made by ancient lakes and rivers over a period of about twenty million years.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

It is known for its many bike and hiking paths,forests, lakes and beautiful mountain views.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

The destructive carp could spread within the Great Lakes and threaten fishing and trade.

VOA: special.2009.12.15

Today,we tell about the lakes and some famous shipwrecks.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

He seeks catfish and buffalo fish, tastier and more marketable species found in lakes and rivers like the Illinois River.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

Now,there's relative peace along the lakes and tourists are starting to return.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

In the summer, people go there to ride horses, climb mountains, catch fish and take trips on the rivers and lakes.

VOA: special.2009.02.16

This week on our program, we tell you about Lake Champlain and the Finger Lakes in the northeastern United States.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

Most of the11 lakes contain cold water fisheries like trout as well as bass and other warm water fishing.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

Probably the first European to see and explore the Great Lakes was Frenchman Etienne Brule in the early sixteen hundreds.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

The Great Lakes Historical Shipwreck Society works to preserve and explain the history and importance of the area's wrecks.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

Lake Champlain also has the same kinds of environmental problems, including pollution and nonnative sea life, as the Great Lakes.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

This week,we tell about the biggest system of freshwater lakes in the world, the Great Lakes between the United States and Canada.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

The loss of the Griffin established a long tradition of danger and mystery linked to Great Lakes travel.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

Many walls broke, allowing billions of liters of water from the Gulf of Mexico and two nearby lakes to flood the city.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

Honeoye is among what are considered the 6 minor Finger Lakes in central and western New York.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

All but one of the Great Lakes has a name from Native American languages: Michigan,Huron,Erie and Ontario.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

Support came from the Park Foundation,the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation and the Great Lakes Fishery Trust.

VOA: special.2010.07.06

Still, there are similarities. Lake Champlain has wildlife and rock formations that are similar to or even the same as the Great Lakes.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

And ships can reach the Atlantic Ocean from the Great Lakes through the Saint Lawrence Seaway.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

I've traveled the Great Lakes. And Lake Champlain is not one of the Great Lakes."

VOA: special.2009.01.05

The Finger Lakes area is home to industries and large cities like Syracuse and Rochester.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

Iron ore, the main raw material of steel, changed the lakes area and the nation.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

Up in the mountains are clear lakes, quick-moving small rivers, and huge formations of rock.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

Like to fish? Alaska has more than three thousand rivers and three million lakes.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

"The lakes are very treacherous. There's over six thousand and some estimate as high as anywhere to ten to twelve thousand shipwrecks on the Great Lakes."

VOA: special.2009.11.11