The gamblers and risk-takers turned south on the California Trail over the Sierra Nevada, ready to strike it big or not at all.

而赌徒和冒险家却在岔路口拐向南方走上了加州小道，翻越内华达山脉，准备好要么发大财要么一无所有。

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On this day in 1847, the first rescuers reach surviving members of the Donner Party, a group of California-bound emigrants stranded by snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

1847年的今天，首批援救者找到了幸存的唐纳组织成员。这些来自加州移民组织的人们被大雪困在了内华达山脉。

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Southern California gets its water from the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Colorado River Basin, which are hundreds of miles to the north and west, respectively.

南加州的水源来自北边的内华达山脉（Sierra Ncvada Mountain）和西边的科罗拉多河流域（Colorado River Basin），都有数百英里远。

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You can find it high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of the western state of California.

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