Most of this available water is underground, in aquifers or similar formations.

这些可用的水大部分在地下，存在于地下蓄水层或类似的结构中。

They produce ephemeral rain roots that quickly take up the available water.

这些侧根长出能快速吸收水分的短生雨根。

Over the next 20 years, the amount of water available to everyone is expected to decrease by a third.

在未来20年中，人类可用水量预计将减少三分之一。

Its tempered climate easily available water in some locations and plentiful grasses make it largely perfect for grazing and ranching.

它温和的气候，在一些地方容易获得水和丰富的草使它在很大程度上非常适合放牧和牧场。

He said the laws do not permit, in his words, massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilized.

他说，该法律禁止“适当利用大量现成的水资源。”

But what about the amount of available water?

但是可用水量呢？

" massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilized" .

“大量现成的水得到适当利用”。

In some drought-stricken countries, the ocean is the only available water source.

在一些遭受旱灾的国家，海洋是唯一可用的水源。

The amount of available water determines the number of houses that can be built.

【determine】可用水的数量决定了可以建造多少房子。

When you add salt, its ions are attracted to some of the available water in the food.

当您添加盐时， 它的离子会被食物中的一些可用水分吸引。

Urban areas also place huge demands on available water supplies. If the demand can't be reduced, then the drought begins to take its toll.

城市地区也对可用水供应有大量需求。如果需求两不能降低，干旱就会造成损失。

We have an evaporation rate of about a quarter inch a day, so we have about 16 days of available water.

我们的蒸发率约为每天四分之一英寸，因此我们大约有 16 天的可用水。

Under a scenario like this, it is conceivable that Egypt could experience drastic cuts in their available water supply until the GERD's reservoir is fully filled up.

可以想象，在这种情况下，埃及的供水量可能会急剧减少，直到大坝的水库完全蓄满为止。

Their thick, waxy skin reduces evaporation, their spines protect them from thirsty animals, and their deep or widespread root systems efficiently capture any available water.

它们厚厚的蜡质皮肤可以减少蒸发，它们的刺可以保护它们免受口渴的动物的侵害，它们的根系深厚或广泛，可以有效地捕获任何可用的水。

By the following month in October, it was estimated that Cape Town only had around five months' worth of water still available in storage before they would run completely dry.

在接下来的 10 月份，据估计开普敦的储水量只够维持 5 个月，然后就会完全干涸。

In terms of renewable water supplies, Libya has even less available water to drink than Cyprus, a dry island in the Mediterranean that is nearly 200 times smaller in size than Libya.

就可再生水供应而言，利比亚的可饮用水甚至比塞浦路斯还要少，塞浦路斯是地中海的一座干旱岛屿，面积比利比亚小近 200 倍。