旅居巴黎的考古学教授庄新华应邀赴新疆参与汉代古物的发掘工作,期间与考古学会代表嘉娜相爱。在经费短缺的情况下,他得到了她的帮助,但发掘工作毫无进展。庄新华根据哈萨克女子古丽提供的线索,独自往沙丘探发,虽然寻得铝甲壁片,却身中蛇毒昏倒于沙漠。
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。
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.
一个相关的研究发现,强烈的气候对撒哈拉以南非洲农业的影响并不是随处可见。考虑到上世纪80年代,西非荒漠草原的大范围干旱对农业的巨大作用,这个发现不会让人太惊讶。
A related study shows strong climate effects on sub-Saharan agriculture in Africa not seen elsewhere, which is not perhaps surprising given the huge effect of the 1980s droughts across the Sahel.
他们来到了一片被称为“极旱之地”的荒漠,据当地人传说这里经常有恶魔出没。
They came to a wilderness called the 'Waterless Desert', which the local people said was haunted by demons.
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