There are now proportionately fewer attacks in the strategically important Gulf of Aden, thanks in part to escorted convoys and to a transit corridor set up in 2009.

由于海军护航和2009年建立的运输走廊，在战略重要位置亚丁湾，海盗袭击次数相对较少。

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Barrier islands are important to the Gulf ecosystem: They protect the marshes from ocean storms and erosion.

障壁岛群对海湾生态系统很重要：它们保护沼泽地免除海洋风暴的袭击和侵蚀。

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Many factors besides latitude influence the climate in the United States.Perhaps the most important forces are the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,the Gulf of Mexick ,and the Great Lakes.

影响美国气候的最主要的因素为：太平洋，和大西泮，墨西哥湾，五大湖。

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Another important industry along the gulf is tourism.

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"It is an important piece of the economic engine of the fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico.

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These deepwater ecosystems have important connections to other parts of the Gulf ecosystem, including many commercially-important fish species.

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