until now the land between them has been reduced to spires and pinnacles. 直到把其间的土地削凿成 今天这样的尖峰和石塔
With little or no soil to retain the water on the surface of the land 由于几乎没有土壤保留地表水分
but water, scarce thought it is, has also, like the wind, shaped the land itself. 尽管水很少 但它也和风一样 造就了各种地形
is now crucial to most of the animals that live or even travel through this land. 如今已关系到大部分 在此生活和旅行的动物
The secret is a cold sea current that runs parallel to the land. 答案就是一股与陆地平行的寒冷洋流
Hot winds suck all the moisture from the surface of the land. 热浪抽干了地面上所有的水分
leaving little for the land on the other side. 只有一小部分到达另一边的土地