The Red Sea: that great lake so famous in biblical traditions, seldom replenished by rains, fed by no important rivers, continually drained by a high rate of evaporation, its water level dropping a meter and a half every year!
红海是《圣经》传说中的名湖,下雨也不凉爽,又没有一条大河流入,过度的蒸发使水量不断消失,平均每年有一米半厚的水面损失呢!