the Amazon River basin的意思|示意

The forest is fed by the Amazon river, the largest river in the world by volume, which also has the biggest drainage basin on the planet.

亚马逊河蜿蜒纵横，作为世界上流量最大的河流，造就了地球上最大的流域。

They found that just over half of all methane emissions came from thetropics, with some 20m tonnes released from the Amazon river basin each year, and 26m tonnes from the Congo basin.

他们发现，刚好过半的甲烷排放量来自于热带，亚马逊河流域每年释放约2000万吨，还有2600万吨来自刚果盆地。

But their South American counterparts live in the murky waters of the Amazon River basin, bathed mostly in reds and oranges.

但他们的南美同行，那些生活在亚马逊河流域的阴暗水域里的慈鲷，却沐浴在红色和橙色的光谱中。

Satellite images of the upper Amazon River Basin taken since 1999 have revealed more than 200 geometric earthworks spanning a distance greater than 155 miles (250 kilometers).

1999年卫星拍摄的亚马逊盆地高空鸟瞰图显示出超过200个在土地上划出的几何图形，横跨距离长达155英里(250公里)。

When this inland sea retreated, Hamilton hypothesizes, the Amazon dolphins remained in the river basin, evolving into striking creatures.

哈密尔顿推测，当这片内陆海退去，亚马逊河豚在流域留了下来，逐渐进化为一种恐怖动物。

The few remaining wild areas include the northern forests of Alaska, Canada and Russia; the high plateaus of China and Mongolia; and much of the Amazon River Basin.

剩下的少数荒野地区包括阿拉斯加、加拿大和俄罗斯的北部森林，中国和蒙古的高原以及亚马孙河流域的大部分地区。