In many semiarid areas there is also a lower timberline where the forest passes into steppe or desert at its lower edge, usually because of a lack of moisture.

在许多半干旱的地区中，同样存在树带界限的下限区域；在这片区域之内，由于缺乏水分，森林下沿区域的植被通常会逐渐变成干草原或沙漠。

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The soldiers are encamped on the edge of the forest.

战士们在森林边安营扎寨。

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Grasses, by contrast, are doing well.So far, they have invaded as far as 200 metres from the edge of the forest.

相反，草类则生长得非常繁茂，到目前为止，它们已经从森林边缘侵入了长达200米的距离。

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When Joanne was nine, the family moved a little farther west, to the edge of the Forest of Dean, a more rural and less prosperous district.

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He lives near Lancaster in a village on the edge of the Forest of Bowland with his very understanding other half who continues to put up with him.

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So far, they have invaded as far as 200 metres from the edge of the forest.

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