1·The largest area was lower-cover vegetation, the smallest area was swamp;
面积最大的是低覆盖度植被，面积最小的是沼泽；
2·The consequences of an excessive number of livestock grazing in an area are the reduction of the vegetation cover and the trampling and pulverization of the soil.
在一个地区过度放牧的后果是植被覆盖的减少和对土壤的践踏和粉碎。
3·Even in the areas that retain a soil cover, the reduction of vegetation typically results in the loss of the soil's ability to absorb substantial quantities of water.
即使在保留土壤覆盖的地区，植被的减少通常也会导致土壤丧失吸收大量水分的能力。
4·The climatic changes in southwestern Asia were more subtle, in that they involved shifts in mountain snow lines, rainfall patterns, and vegetation cover.
亚洲西南部的气候变化更为微妙，因为它们涉及到山地雪线、降雨模式和植被覆盖率的变化。
5·But the gradual melt-back of that cover exposes more of the dark ocean, land and vegetation to the direct rays of the Sun, allowing them to absorb ever more solar energy and warm up.
但是这种冰雪盖的逐渐消融使得更多的深色海洋、陆地和植被暴露在太阳的直接辐射之下，从而使它们可以吸收更多的太阳能并变暖。
6·Satellites transmit copious information on temperatures, precipitation, vegetation cover and even the health, moisture content and chlorophyll-production of plants.
卫星传送大量的关于温度、降水、植物覆盖甚至是卫生、湿气含量以及植物的叶绿素生产的信息。
7·Though it is di? Cult to grow trees in the saline-alkali soil, the ground cover and wetland vegetation are rich and vary in response to subtle changes in the water table and PH values.
尽管难以在盐碱地里栽种树木，但覆盖地表和湿地的植被异常丰富，随着地下水位和PH值的细微变化而呈现不同的形态。
8·The discrepancy can be explained by long term changes in vegetation and ice cover.
植被和冰层覆盖的长期变化能够说明这种差异。
9·Now, on the surface, this seems to contradict what happened on day three in the prologue where God caused the earth to sprout plants and fruit trees to cover the earth with vegetation.
那么，从表面上来看，这似乎与开场白中第三天发生的事相抵触，在那里，上帝使地长出植物和水果树，使地上覆盖着菜蔬。
10·Vegetation cover attributes play a major role in surface energy budgets through their impact on photosynthetic processes and albedo.
植被覆盖特征影响光合作用和反照率，是表面能量估计中的主要因素。