I had no idea Tulare Lake was once the biggest freshwater body west of the Mississippi, but it was dammed and dived and drained to build a $2 billion agriculture industry.

我之前并不知道图拉雷湖曾经是密西西河以西最大的淡湖，后来为了建立一个价值20亿美元的农业产业，人们在这个湖泊筑坝、下潜。

The first line of defense was to dam the region's flood-prone estuaries.

第一道防线，是在该地区易受洪侵袭的河口筑坝。

Beavers create dams under the cover of darkness, not because they care about urban flooding, they have an instinct to create pools of deep water to hide in.

海狸在黑暗的掩护下筑坝，不是因为它们关心城市洪，而是它们有一种本能，能造出深潭躲藏起来。

Sudani said they also discussed ways to combat drought and climate change, and to secure water supplies that are dwindling as a result of upstream damming by Turkiye.

苏达尼说，他们还讨论了应对干旱气候变化的方法，以及如何确保因土耳其在上游筑坝而日益少的资源供应。

But if trees are not available, he can do without them; he can cut logs, roll them into place, and make a dam wholly out of logs.

但如果没有树，他也可以照样建造；他可以砍伐原木，把它们滚到合适的地方，然后完全用原木筑坝。

Last month, it said it would cut aid to Ethiopia due to its unilateral decision to start filling the dam.

上个月，美国表示将削对埃塞俄亚的援助，因为埃塞俄亚单方面决定开始筑坝蓄。

The Wildlife Trusts say the dam building animals bring huge benefits, such as helping to alleviate flooding and drought.

野生动物信托基金表示，这种筑坝动物带来了巨大的，如帮助缓解洪干旱。

Fish, in open pools, were not too quick for him; nor were beaver, mending their dams, too wary.

在开阔的塘里, 他鱼儿游得还快, 会筑坝的河狸还要机警, 因而丧生在他腹中。

In the 1800s, many rivers in the American West were diverted for irrigation or dammed for generating electricity.

在19世纪，美国西部的许多河流改道用于灌溉或筑坝发电。

The National Guard delivered sandbags on Wednesday to dam the breached canal in the City of Columbia.

周三在哥伦亚城，国民警卫队正在用沙袋对受损运河筑坝。

Beavers building dams, pretty hard work and bees flying around all day collecting pollen to make honey.

海狸筑坝，相当辛苦的工作，蜜蜂整天飞来飞去收集花粉来制造蜂蜜。

The first line of defense was to dam the region’s flood-prone estuaries.

第一道防线是在该地区易受洪侵袭的河口筑坝。

Reminds me of how we beavers build dams, work with water instead of against it.

这让我想起了我们河狸筑坝的方式，顺应流而非逆流而动。

" Damming and submerging it 175 feet deep would enhance its beauty by forming a crystal-clear lake" . Landscape gardens, places of recreation and worship, are never made beautiful by destroying and burying them.

“在 175 英尺深的地方筑坝并淹没它会形成一个晶般清澈的湖泊，从而增强它的美感”。风景园林，娱乐礼拜场所，永远不会因摧毁掩埋而变得美丽。

For beavers the pond created by their dams is a safe place to build a home, called a lodge, where they raise their young and keep away from predators.

对于海狸来说， 它们筑坝形成的池塘是建造家园的安全场所，被称为小屋， 它们在那里养育幼崽并远离掠食者。

Watchful Spirits Then the Wogue, who approved of the dam, began to leave the Kepal villages to find places from where they could watch over all the people.

守护神灵于是，那些赞同筑坝的沃格开始离开凯帕尔村落，寻找能够俯瞰所有人的新地点。

Also, things like the damming of rivers , has caused increased sediment production, not to mention the addition of more carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere.

此外, 诸如河流筑坝之类的事情, 也导致了沉积物产量的增加, 更不用说大气中二氧化碳甲烷的增加。

" Then it will be deep enough to swim in and won't be too deep for Benny. We'll build the dam here with logs and stones."

“那就够深了，可以游泳，而且对本尼来说不会太深。我们会用原木石头在这里筑坝。”

We dammed up all of San Diego rivers, and we utterly blanketed the entire landscape with houses, with schools, with golf courses.

我们在圣地亚哥的所有河流上筑坝，并在整个地区修建房屋、学校高尔夫球场。

They cannot dam the river and control it, because that focuses attention on what they take, it brings down eventual destruction.

他们无法在河流上筑坝并控制它，因为这会把注意力集中在他们拿走的东西上，它会带来最终的破坏。