It initially surprises us that many of their cities were not built next to the rivers but instead on high terrain in rolling uplands.
最初让我们感到惊讶的是，他们的许多城市并不是建在河边，而是建在地势较高的起伏的高地上。
"If you would have asked an anthropologist or archaeologist how many people lived in these Amazon uplands, they'd say almost zero," he said.
他说：“如果你去问一个人类学家或者考古学家，多少人曾居住在这些亚马逊高地，他们会说几乎为零。”
No less important to some people are bracken's effects on threatened habitats and on the use of uplands for recreational purposes, even though many appreciate its beauty.
尽管许多人欣赏蕨类植物的美丽，但对一些人来说，蕨类植物对受威胁的栖息地以及对高地娱乐用途的影响同样重要。
The rains having passed the uplands were dry.
雨已经下过了，高地也干了。
Instead of the colourless air of the uplands the atmosphere down there was a deep blue.
这儿和高地无色的空气不同，在山谷里，那儿的大气是一种深蓝色。
Creeks pour down from the uplands.
小河从高地流下。
Flooding was caused by water gushing into rivers from uplands.
从山地奔流而下的水涌入河中引发了洪水。
Life is not a long slow decline from sunlit uplands towards the valley of death.It is, rather, a U-bend.
生命不是一段长长的从阳光普照的高地缓慢地下落到死亡低谷的旅程，而是一个U型曲线。
Life is not a long slow decline from sunlit uplands towards the valley of death. It is, rather, a U-bend.
人生并非从阳光闪耀的高地缓缓坠入死亡山谷的过程，而是一条U型轨迹。
Russia falls nearly into two sections: a lowland west of the Yenisey river and uplands to the east.
地形：叶尼塞河把俄罗斯的地形分为大体相等的两半，西边为平原低地，东边为高原山地。
What most surprised the research team is that the earthworks appear in both the region's floodplains and the uplands.
最令研究小组惊讶的是，这些土方工程在该地区的冲积平原和高地均有出现。
The island is famous for its production of spices, gems and 11)Ceylon Tea, the plantations for which are in the cool dry uplands.
这个岛以其出产的香料、宝石和锡兰红茶著称，茶树的种植园都在阴凉、干爽的山地上。
Methods of testing China uplands cotton fibre fineness and maturity coefficient rapidly by constant pressure airometer is discussed.
对采用定压式气流仪快速测定我国陆地棉纤维细度和成熟度系数的方法进行了探讨。
The rainy night had ushered in a misty morning--half frost, half drizzle and temporary brooks crossed our path--gurgling from the uplands.
夜雨引来了一个雾气蒙蒙的早晨——下着霜，又飘着细雨——临时的小溪横穿过我们的小径——从高地上潺潺而下。
The human brain, probably uniquely in the whole of evolutionary history, can see across the valley and can plot a course away from extinction and towards distant uplands.
人类的大脑——或许在整个进化史上都是独一无二的——能够做到穿越峡谷并且设想出免于灭绝的办法，向着远方的高地前进。
As global temperatures rise, the authors conclude, species living near the foot of tropical mountains will migrate into the uplands, and mid-elevation species will move even higher.
作者总结说，随着全球温度升高，生活在热带山地山脚的物种会迁移到高地，山腰上的物种会迁移到更高的地方。
The journey over the intervening uplands and lowlands of Egdon, when she reached them, was a more troublesome walk than she had anticipated, the distance being actually but a few miles.
她走完从爱敦荒原上的高地和低地中间穿过的路程，这段距离实际上只不过几英里远，但比她所期望的要难走得多。
On rocky hillsides there are wooden huts and in wooded valleys, towns of brick. Arid uplands are irrigated and planted with leafy gardens, whereas, on fertile plains, the parks are paved with stone.
在满是岩石的山坡上林立着小木屋，树木繁茂的山谷中的城镇却全是砖砌成的，干旱的高地经过灌溉成为枝繁叶茂的园林，而肥沃的平原上，公园全是用石块铺成的路。
In my view it's raining, but here in the Southern Uplands of Scotland, I'm told, this counts as only a light drizzle, or smirr.
我其实认为这就是下雨，但是这是在苏格兰的南部坡地区域，我被告知，这只能算作蒙蒙细雨，或者用苏格兰话说，是雾雨蒙蒙。
Scotland is in the north of Great Britain. It has three natural zones (the Highlands in the north; the Central lowlands; the south Uplands) Capital: Edinburgh.
苏格兰位于大不列颠的北部。它有三大自然区：北部高地，中部低地及南部山陵。首府：爱丁堡。
Scotland is in the north of Great Britain. It has three natural zones (the Highlands in the north; the Central lowlands; the south Uplands) Capital: Edinburgh.
苏格兰位于大不列颠的北部。它有三大自然区：北部高地，中部低地及南部山陵。首府：爱丁堡。
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