1·Practising intensive farming and loosening upper soil layer could hold rainfall water and make it penetrate into soil effectively, which could improve soil quality and crop moisture condition.
精耕细作、疏松表层、保持水土、充分接纳雨水就地入渗增大土壤水库贮水，可有效地改善农田土壤和作物水分条件。
2·Rainfall was limited, and what water there was rushed across the plain in the annual flood of melted snow.
降雨量有限，每年融化的雪水洪流冲过平原，成为滋润此地的水源。
3·Recent studies of ancient Maya water management have found that the urban architecture of some cities was used to divert rainfall runoff into gravity-fed systems of interconnected reservoirs.
最近对古玛雅水资源管理的研究发现，一些城市的城市建筑被用来分流降雨径流到相互连接的水库的重力补给系统中。
4·Residents were warned not to be extravagant with water, in view of the low rainfall this year.
鉴于今年降雨量少，居民被告诫不得浪费用水。
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5·Although southern Maya areas received more rainfall than northern areas, problems of water were paradoxically more severe in the wet south.
尽管玛雅故地南部地区的降雨量比北部地区更多，但是，在潮湿的南部地区，水资源的问题反而更加严重。
6·It depends on the rate at which water enters the lake, and that depends on the rainfall and the evaporation rate.
这取决于水进入湖泊的速度，而这又取决于降雨量和蒸发率。
7·The impact of rainfall upon the surface water and groundwater resources of the desert is greatly influenced by landforms.
降雨对于沙漠地表水和地下水资源的影响很大程度上取决于地形。
8·Often the cheapest way to provide irrigation water in the dry tropics is through small-scale projects, such as gathering rainfall in depressions and pumping it to nearby cropland.
在干旱的热带地区，提供灌溉水的最低成本的方法通常是建造小规模的工程。例如，在洼地收集雨水，然后将其抽调至附近的农田。
9·Millions of irrigation wells in many countries are now pumping water out of underground sources faster than rainfall can refill them.
在许多国家，数以百万计的灌溉井现在从地下水源抽水的速度，超过了降雨所能再次填满的速度。
10·Because of the great increase in rainfall, rivers are full of water.
由于降雨量的大量增加，河流蓄满了水。