The Wilkes Land area is named for him.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

That is the lowest point on the earth's land surface so this dramatic drop in just a very short geographical area.

这是地球陆地表面的最低点,这急剧下降是在很短的地理范围内。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

the battle took place over some land that was being contested on a frontier and they would go down to that area and pick a spot and there they would go and fight with one another.

战争爆发是为了争夺国境线上的争议地区,他们会到那个地区,挑好地方,然后在那里大打出手

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

It was spoken on the Siletz reservation, where the tribe lives on a protected area of land within the state of Oregon.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

It has often been pointed out that in the past 4000 years more wars have been fought for the possession of the tiny strip of land known as Canaan, or the land of Israel, or Palestine, than have been fought for almost any other area in the world.

很多人指出，在过去的4000多年中,为了占领这一小块土地，有过多次战争,这块叫迦南，或以色列或巴勒斯坦的土地，这些战争远多于世界其他地区。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Later,Alfred Wegener said the continents had once been part of a huge area of land he called Pangaea.

VOA: special.2010.01.12

Today, the government controls about ninety-seven percent of all the land in the Jackson Hole area.

VOA: special.2009.02.16

They were given a large area of land north of Wyoming in the Dakota territory.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

This protected area is known for its rich biodiversity of sea and land creatures.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

Groups of men formed large companies and began buying land in the area.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

The government decided to put aside an area of land for each tribe.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

Slowly the area became what visitors see today -- a dry land of high flat mesa tops and deep canyons formed through thousands of years by flowing rivers.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

It would land in an area called the Ocean of Storms.

VOA: special.2009.07.29

Picture an area that is almost desert land.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

Much of that area is desert land.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

So generally it is the chiefs who have been managing these lands and entering into negotiations with the investors who area acquiring land for biofuel production."

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

"Many of the lands are under customary arrangement and depending on the specific area where the land is being acquired the specific customary arrangements in that area would apply,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

"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,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.11