First to colonize the barren land are the lowly lichens, surviving on bare rock.

贫瘠的土地上首先长满了地衣这种低等植物，它们在裸露的岩石上生存。

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During the dry season the land is rock hard.

土地在旱季硬如岩石。

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Both tree species hug water sources in this arid land of high plateaus and rock towers.

在岩石成塔的高原贫瘠地带，这两种树涵蓄了水源。

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The lakes cover 59, 000 hectares of rock and desert land.

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He rode boards of every kind on land and water, played in rock bands and rode bikes around.

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There is free access to 216 million acres or about 9% of all public land for the purposes of hard rock mining.

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