He wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.

他想用该水来灌溉贫瘠的沙漠土地。

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Her landlocked country is a desert land that was once a hub for ancient Saharan caravan routes.

她居住的内陆国家是一片沙漠地，曾是古代撒哈拉商队路线的枢纽。

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This country is largely desert land.

这个国家的土地主要是沙漠。

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Picture an area that is almost desert land.

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Even after the Israelites will settle in their own land, the life of the desert pastoralist remained a sort of romantic ideal for them.

甚至在以色列人安定以后,依旧认为，那种游牧式的生活，是非常浪漫的。

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Much of that area is desert land.

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Sekem, an Egyptian food producer, set itself the task of reclaiming desert land through organic farming.

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The lakes cover 59, 000 hectares of rock and desert land.

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Utility-scale concentrating solar power (CSP) systems that produce electricity using lenses or mirrors to focus radiation on thermal collectors or photovoltaic cells draw criticism from environmental groups for taking up too much desert land, thus displacing certain animal and reptile species.

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