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| 地中海地区 | Mediterranean Area The collective islands and countries of the inland sea between Europe, Africa and Asia that is linked to the Atlantic Ocean at its western end by the Strait of Gibraltar and includes the Tyrrhenian, Adriatic, Aegean and Ionian seas (位于欧洲、非洲和亚洲间的内陆海的一些岛屿和国家,其西部由直布罗陀海峡连接到大西洋,包括伊特鲁里亚海、亚得里亚海、爱琴海及尼亚爱奥尼亚海。) |
| 地中海地区油污清除中心 | Mediterranean Regional Oil Combating Center |
| 地中海 | Mediterranean Sea The largest inland sea between Europe, Africa and Asia, linked to the Atlantic Ocean at its western end by the Strait of Gibraltar, including the Tyrrhenian, Adriatic, Aegean and Ionian seas, and major islands such as Sicily, Sardina, Corsica, Crete, Malta and Cyprus (位于欧洲、非洲和亚洲之间的最大的内陆海，其西部由直布罗陀海峡连接到大西洋,包括伊特鲁里亚海、亚得里亚海、爱琴海及尼亚爱奥尼亚海及主要岛屿西西里岛、科西嘉岛、克里特岛、马耳他和塞浦路斯。) |
| 地中海木材 | Mediterranean wood A plant formation found in the Mediterranean area comprising mainly lowgrowing, xerophilous evergreen trees and shrubs. It results mainly from the deterioration of the original vegetation by grazing and burning (在地中海地区发现的植物形式，主要由低矮的、适旱的常绿乔木和灌木组成,这是由于放牧和燃烧引起的原始植被恶化所造成。) |
| 地中海森林 | Mediterranean forest Type of forest found in the Mediterranean area comprising mainly xerophilous evergreen trees (位于地中海地区的森林类型，主要包括适旱的常绿树木。) |
| 地中海气候 | Mediterranean climate A type of climate characterized by hot, dry, sunny summers and a winter rainy season; basically, this is the opposite of a monsoon climate. Also known as etesian climate (一种气候特点,夏季炎热干燥、冬季多雨,基本上,这是相反的季风气候。也称为季风气候。) |
| 地中海玛基群落 | Mediterranean macchia |
| 地震的海浪 | seismic sea wave A large seismically generated sea wave which is capable of considerable destruction in certain coastal areas, especially where submarine earthquakes occur. Although in the open ocean the wave height may be less than one meter it steepens to hights of 15 metres or more on entering shallow coastal water. The wavelength in the open ocean is of the order of 100 to 150 km and the rate of travel of a seismic sea wave is between 640 and 960 km/h (很大的地震引起的海浪，会在海岸地区摧毁很多房屋，特别是当发生海底地震时。尽管大部分海域，海浪的高度可能低于一米，但当它进入狭窄的海岸流域，海浪会升高到15米或更高。在开阔的海域，海浪的宽度是100到150公里，地震引起的海浪传播速度是640到960公里每小时之间。) |
| 基于陆地的海洋污染 | land-based marine pollution |
| 沿海地区规划 | coastal zone planning The objective of coastal management and planning is the preservation of coastal resources whilst simultaneously satisfying the sometimes conflicting interests and requirements of protection, development, usage and conservation (海岸管理和规划的目标是在保护海岸资源，同时满足一些如保护、发展、使用及保存的冲突性利益与需求。) |
| 海岸地带原油泄漏 | coastal zone oil spill |
| 海洋地质学 | marine geology That aspect of the study of the ocean that deals specifically with the ocean floor and the ocean-continent border, including submarine relief features, the geochemistry and petrology of the sediments and rocks of the ocean bottom and the influence of seawater and waves on the ocean bottom and its materials (对于海洋，特别是针对大洋底和海洋大陆边界的研究，包括海底地形特征、海洋底部沉积物和岩石的海洋化学和岩石学、海水和波浪对海洋底部及其材料的影响。) |
| 美国墨西哥海湾地区污染控制区 | Bay Area Pollution Control District |
| 美国旧金山海湾地区空气污染控制区 | Bay Area Air Pollution Control District |
| 海边胜地 | seaside resort A place near the sea where people spend their holidays and enjoy themselves (海边的地点，人们在这里度假放松。) |
| 海陆运动 地壳的缓慢升降运动 ？？ | bradyseism A long-continued, extremely slow vertical instability of the crust, as in the volcanic district west of Naples, Italy, where the Phlegraean bradyseism has involved up-and-down movements between 6 m below sea level and 6 m above over a period of more than 2.000 years (地壳的长期持续的、极其缓慢的垂直不稳定性，如在那不勒斯、意大利火山区西部，在超过2000年的时间里，Phlegraean海陆运动涉及了海拔6m以上和6m以下的升降运动。) |
