Last year, China's environment was facing a grave situation, with several major rivers and lakes clogged by industrial waste.

去年，中国的环境面临着严峻的形势，几处主要的河流和湖泊被工业废料堵塞。

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Pakistan's major rivers originate in India, he noted.

他补充道，巴基斯坦的主要河流发源于印度境内。

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The Moab contains two major rivers: the Colorado and the Green.

摩押有两个主要河流：科罗拉多河和格陵河。

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Mining of coal and logging of the forests became major industries as transportation improved on the rivers and railroads were built.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

It says in some places, a majority of displaced people get their water from rivers, lakes or streams and this is posing a major health risk.

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And the melt water forms an essential part of many of the world's major rivers.

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Freezing temperatures in eastern Bolivia (normally above 68 degrees Fahrenheit) killed millions of fish in three major rivers, and the freeze was viewed as an environmental catastrophe.

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The IPCC asserted in its 2007 report that the Himalayan glaciers would likely melt by 2035 due to global warming, prompting great alarm across southern and eastern Asia, where glaciers feed major rivers.

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