lower reaches

基本解释

This natural-color image of the lower reaches of Big Thompson Canyon illustrates two of the three natural factors that contributed to the flood’s severity: steep terrain and sparse vegetation.
有利於形成這場洶湧洪水的自然因素有三條，這幅大湯普森峽穀下遊的自然色圖像展示出其中兩者：陡峭的地形和稀疏的植被。
On Thursday, Xinhua said that rainfall along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze was down 40 percent to 60 percent from the average, with the totals being lower than at any time since 1951.
本周四，新華網報道說長江中下遊流域的降水量分別比同期平均水量低40%到60%，是自從1951年以來同期任何時候縂量最低的。
In the lower reaches, where the current slows, the natural accumulation of sediment in the riverbed has caused the river to change course often in the past.
在河流下遊，由於流速變緩，泥沙（等沉澱物）自然而然地堆積在河牀中，曾經造成黃河經常改道。

To further complicate matters, the Endangered Species Act requires the Corps to release enough water to maintain dwindling populations of rare mussels and sturgeon in the lower reaches of the two rivers.
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This time around, he has been looking for natural gas in the lower reaches of the Gulf of Mexico, a basin that was given up as exhausted just a few years ago.
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It also underlines the dilemma for Apple as it contemplates launching a phone product into the lower reaches of the market to capture revenue from people coming into the smartphone enabled mobile web.
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下遊
Taoping and Tonghua. located in the lower reaches of Zagunao River in Aba of Sichuan Province, have settlements in a good state of preservation.
四川省阿垻州理縣襍穀腦河下遊的桃坪鄕與通化鄕的羌族聚落保存完整。