The tribe is renowned for surviving on the fringe of a salt desert, a harsh and eerie landscape which even the Incas avoided, by flushing the soil with river water.

乌鲁奇帕亚人以生活在盐土荒漠的边缘地带而著称。 盐土荒漠的生存条件残酷而可怕，即使是古印加人也望而却步，但乌鲁奇帕亚人却依靠河水灌溉土地而生存。

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But Mr Mustow admitted that much more needed to be done to ensure that farmers did not increase flood risk with land drainage schemes and that developers and builders ensured that new developments allowed water to drain into the soil rather than flushing into the sewers.

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