A broad valley opened up leading to a high, flat plateau of cultivated land.

一个宽阔的山谷展开，通向一片平坦的高原耕地。

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However, plate tectonics cannot fully explain certain massive surface features, such as the "superswell" of southern Africa, a vast plateau over 1,000 miles across and nearly a mile high.

然而，板块构造不能完全解释某些巨大的地表特征，例如非洲南部的“superswell”，即一个直径超过1000英里、高度接近1英里的巨大高原。

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In addition, the high desert plateau of southwest Colorado is one of the sunniest spots in the nation, providing solar radiation that accelerates algae growth.

此外，西南科罗拉多的沙漠高原是全国日照最丰富的区域，充足的太阳辐射可加速藻类的生长。

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Metropolitan Guadalajara, population four and a half million, sprawls across a sunny, mile-high plateau.

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The wealth effect explains the buoyancy of retail sales, homebuilding and the high plateau of auto volume.

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Numerous trails climb the 1, 000m-high plateau but the most popular is Platteklip Gorge, a steep, 3km walk that begins near the lower cable-car station.

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