Northward lies Yosemite's wide basin with its domes and small lakes, shining like larger crystals; eastward the rocky, meadowy Tuolumne region, bounded by its snowy peaks in glorious array; southward Yosemite and westward the vast forest.

像更大的水晶一发光； 东是多岩石、多草的图奥勒米地区， 白雪皑皑的山峰以壮丽的排列为界； 南优胜美地和西广袤的森林。

These conditions give rise to a meadowy vegetation, whose extending roots still more obstruct the free flow of the waters, and tend to dissipate them out over a yet wider area.

这些条件造就了草地植被，其延伸的根部更加阻碍水流的自由流动，并将水流散到更广阔的区域。

That seems but a slight journey as you look at the map, or remember your own pleasant travels to and from the meadowy banks of the Avon.

当您查看地图时， 或者回想起您自己往返雅芳河畔草地的愉快旅行时， 这似乎只是一段小小的旅程。