According to Davis' scheme, the shoreline is being extended in a seaward direction because of the "land-building" role of mangroves, which, by trapping sediments over time, extend the shore.

根据戴维斯的计划，由于红树林的“陆地建设”作用，随着时间的推移，通过捕获沉积物，海岸线向海的方向延伸。

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The land started to get drier, which in turn caused a huge decrease in the amount of vegetation because vegetation doesn't grow as well in dry soil, right?

土地开始变得干燥，这反过来又导致了植被数量的大量减少，因为植被在干燥的土壤里无法生长得很好，对吧？

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Finally they returned yet again to the land as tortoises, some of which now live in the driest of deserts.

最终，它们再一次回到陆地，进化成为陆龟，其中的一些现在生活在非常干旱的沙漠中。

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"Well we are talking approximately about 99 square miles, and its sovereign base area which is land which is effectively governed by the UK and has an on-island administration that acts on behalf of the Queen in managing and governing that land,".

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To gain an understanding of some of the issues involved, and the emergence of a tribal structure in the land, it's helpful to know something about the geography of Israel, which is why I have handed out for you a couple of different maps but one that gives you physical features .

为了了解其中一些事件，以及在这片土地上逐渐出现的部落形式，了解以色列的地理是很有好处的，这也就是我给你发了几份不同地图的原因,其中有一幅呈现了物理特点，在最上面。

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One of the funny things is that the emergence of this family farm gives rise to the polis' character as a land in which there is a citizenry, which is to say free men who rule themselves.

有趣的是,家庭农场的繁荣,促成了城邦的兴起,公民制开始在这片土地上萌芽,即自由人享有自由的权利

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Problem is that the land of the rising sun has now become the the land of the rising yen which is making vehicles made in Japan more expensive for international customers.

FORBES: Toyota Burned By Land Of The Rising Yen

Maybe the time has come for the Justices of the highest court in the land to voluntarily agree to participate in the same Code of Ethics which govern the rest of the federal court system.

FORBES: Scalia And Thomas Party With Obamacare Challengers On Day Court Takes Up Case

The document for submission to the Memory of the World Register is the Deed of Endowment of the Rab' i-Rashidi, and details the justification for the complex, the management system, administration and the budget of the endowed properties, which included land in present-day Afghanistan, Asia Minor, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq and Syria.

UNESCO: Memory of the World