Reservoirs are drying up and farmers have begun to leave their land in search of water.

水库正在干涸，农民开始离开田地去寻找水源。

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The most successful groups of land plants are those that evolved methods of fertilized sex cell dispersal that are independent of water and structures that protest developing embryos from drying out.

最成功的陆生植物群体是那些进化出了受精性细胞散布方法的群体，这些方法不依赖于水和防止发育中的胚胎干涸的结构。

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Sadiman realized that the land was in need of some water when the Gendol River—previously the source of water for villagers—was quickly drying up.

当根多尔河（以前是村民的水源）迅速干涸时，赛迪曼意识到土地需要一些水。

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Rivers are drying up, grazing land for cattle is scarce, and the dry soil is hard to farm.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

Water pollution, soil erosion, deforestation and desertification in the north, where rivers are drying up, have contributed to an estimated loss of one-fifth of agricultural land since 1949.

FORBES: Pollution And Prosperity