The surface of the ground can sink if hot groundwater is withdrawn without being replaced.

如果抽取地下热水而又不将其泵回，地表就会下沉。

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Worse, we had laid our boots, caked with muddy salt, on the ground to dry. The hot ground had baked them into weird shapes. Each seemed to weigh 20 pounds.

而且更糟糕的是，我们把粘满盐浆的靴子放在地上好让它们晾干，结果炙热的地面把它们烘成奇形怪状，每只似乎都重达20英磅。

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So how does a hole in the ground, a burrow, stay cool in a hot climate?

那么，地面上的一个洞穴要如何在炎热的气候中保持凉爽呢？

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The snow is so deep in some areas that it will stay on the ground well into the hot days of summer.

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