For the past two years water has flowed in plenty; torrents have surged down riverbeds that had been dry for years, flushing out accumulations of salt and detritus.

在过去的两年中河水的流量很充足，奔腾的河水从已经干枯了好几年的河床中流过，把一些盐和碎石冲了出来。

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Salt pans and other dry water features are among the most common sources of dust in the world.

盐湖和其他干旱水文因素是全球范围内最普通的沙尘暴源。

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The bright white salt pans are dry lakebeds coated with salts and other minerals left when water evaporates.

白色的盐湖其实就是干涸的湖床，上面铺满了水分蒸发后留下的盐和其他矿物质。

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"King tides and sea surges are floodling the island to a knee high and it is difficult for the salt water to dry up, " says Ursula Rakova, a Carteret islander and campaigner.

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