All flowing water, though it appears to be uniform, is actually divided into extensive inner surfaces, or layers, moving against one another.

所有流水尽管看起来是一样的，实际上是分成了大量相互碰撞的内在表层。

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If there were flowing water in the cave, it would dissolve the gypsum.

如果洞穴里有流动的水，它会溶解石膏。

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More important for our discussion, wetland areas support a lot more varieties of life than swiftly flowing water.

更重要的是，湿地地区，与流动的水域相比，能供养更多种类的生命。

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In many areas of fast-flowing water, a boat could be turned over by a wave as high as a house.

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The park has two fountains, one with flowing water and another that releases a fine mist.

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He tried to grab them but swiftly flowing water carried them away.

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Elsewhere, small villages that rely on frozen streams for transport are stranded by flowing water.

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When the dinghy capsized in the River Swale, the boy grasped hold of a branch in the fast-flowing water.

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They tried to rescue him but he was carried away in the fast-flowing water and was believed to have drowned.

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