Chile is at a high risk of earthquakes because it lies on the boundary between the Pacific and South American tectonic plates.

由于智利位于太平洋板块以及南美板块交界处，地震风险极高。

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The east pacific rise, west of south america, has a high separation rate but no axial rift.

南美西部东太平洋洋隆具有高的分离速率，但是没有轴部裂谷。

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The water source comes from the low latitude south of the subtropical high over the west Pacific and the Indian Ocean.

水汽的源地可以追朔到相当远 ，主要来自西太平洋副热带高压南部低纬热带地区和印度洋洋面。

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"It always rains when the Aranui arrives, " said our driver, one of many locals who ferried cruise passengers deep into the rainforest, passing the 350m-high Vaipo Waterfall, the largest in the South Pacific, on the way.

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Ms. COLLINS: And I think I was a sophomore in high school, and I remember that summer I was in the chorus of the "South Pacific" and singing along with the people who were singing the major, major solos.

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