Some Western academics have said that the very existence of places like Yakutsk, built in terrain that simply isn't meant for human habitation, is absurd.

有些西方学者认为把像雅库茨克这样的城市建立在不适合人类居住的地带，是很荒谬的一件事。

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It initially surprises us that many of their cities were not built next to the rivers but instead on high terrain in rolling uplands.

最初让我们感到惊讶的是，他们的许多城市并不是建在河边，而是建在地势较高的起伏的高地上。

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The circular ger can be assembled quickly by nomadic herders in the harsh terrain.

扎营的游牧牧人在恶劣的地势下，能很快的把这个圆顶帐篷安装好。

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"The terrain in Afghanistan is different from Iraq, it's more uneven, the roads are less easy to traverse.

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Bin Laden is believed to be in hiding in Pakistan, along the remote mountainous terrain border with Afghanistan.

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Some 3,600 firefighters are attacking the flames in steep terrain, using bulldozers, tractors and hand tools.

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You can view maps in terrain or satellite and utilize GPS with altitude reading and position mapping features.

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Field tests of the CT2WS system were conducted in desert terrain at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, in tropical terrain in Hawaii, and in open terrain at California's Camp Roberts.

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Another flaw was that the initial assessment of the armed groups underestimated their capability as what a senior French diplomat called a "well armed, equipped, trained and determined" force, which apparently tried to hold ground in terrain usually defined by skirmishes and ambushes.

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