- but more still falls here than anywhere else on Earth.
但是这里仍然比地球上其他地方下的多
- On average, over two meters a year.
平均年降水量可达2米
- A single tree can suck up hundreds of tons of water each year
一棵树每年可吸收几百吨的水
- But the trees can't use all this water so, much of it returns to the air as vapor, forming mist and clouds.
不过树也无法全部喝掉这些水, 多数被转换成了水蒸气从而形成了薄雾和云
- In the Amazon,
在亚马逊
- the largest unbroken stretch of rainforest in the world,
世界上最大的原始森林
- half of all the rainwater that falls, comes from clouds produced by the trees themselves.
有半数的降水被树木 再次转变成云和降水并循环使用
来自《行星地球 第一季 第八集 Planet Earth S01E08 热带雨林》第 146 行