Dry year is relatively common in loess region, particularly spring drought.

黄土丘陵区干早年份较常见，春旱尤为严重。

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The corresponding ratio of wet-dry year between the Yili Prefecture and the Southeastern Kazakhstan is about 68%.

伊犁地区降水与中亚哈萨克斯坦东南部大范围干湿年份的对应率约为68% 。

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During the dry year, the bats tended to come out relatively early, and hotter days meant even earlier starts, she found.

他发现在干燥的时候，蝙蝠更乐于提早出来，而且天气越热出来越早。

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They were covered with snow. In their branches were pieces of dry grass and wood left by flood waters earlier in the year.

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Already fires have begun in parts of Indonesia, where there are warnings that an extended dry season this year could trigger severe blazes.

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It provided a calm, safe route west next to the river, which is nearly dry upstream part of the year but whose rapids rage in springtime.

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It ran dry every year in the 1990s but one.

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