From Cairo to Phoenix, desert cities rose where rivers made arid soils livable.

从开罗到菲尼克斯，河流使干旱的土壤得以生存，沙漠城市便在这里崛地而起。

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Libya already has a geographical divide - a vast stretch of desert splits the cities that dot the northern coast.

利比亚有地理上的分隔，那就是，广大的沙漠把北部沿海的城市区隔开来。

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Here you witness an astonishing variety of environments, from desert to rain forest, from tropical beach to white snow field, from big, sophisticated cities to vast uninhabited areas.

游客在澳大利亚可以观赏到各种地形风貌，从沙漠到热带雨林，从地处热带的海滩到白雪皑皑的田野，从扑朔迷离的大都市到人迹罕至的旷野。

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The two cities that sprawl over the plains by the desert mountains could not be more different.

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The BBC's Mark Doyle in Mali says a big international troop build-up is continuing ahead of a probable French-led air and ground offensive on Gao and other desert cities.

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Now if only he had a saying about glittering cities in the desert, I might be able to make a call on this remarkable place: Dubai.

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Meanwhile, the Egyptian government has concentrated its development spending in the big cities and on desert-reclamation schemes, while channelling private investment into industry and property in the north.

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