empty quarter

But there've been times in the past when monsoon rains soaked the Empty Quarter and turned it from a desert into grassland that was dotted with lakes and home to various animals.

但在过去一段时间里，季风雨将滋润这一地区并将它从沙漠转变成绿地，其上湖泊星罗棋布，各种动物在此安家。

According to the study, two factors were important for lake formation in the Empty Quarter:

根据此次研究，空白地带的湖泊构造有两个重要的因素：

Yet his first two books," Arabian Sands", about his crossing of the Empty Quarter, and" The Marsh Arabs", about southern Iraq, have a terse brilliance about them.

不过，他的头两本著作，一本叙述横穿阿拉伯半岛南部沙漠“空白之地”的《阿拉伯沙地》和另一本描写南伊拉克的《沼地阿拉伯人》，简洁明了地记录了他光辉的旅程。

Wild camels and sand dunes in empty southeast quarter of Qatar.

卡塔尔荒凉的东南部的野骆驼及沙丘。

Rub al Khali, the Empty Quarter-an endless sand sea, stretching over several nations.

鲁卜哈利沙漠，意为“空旷的四分之一”，这里是一片广袤无边的沙海，横跨几大国家。

But the Empty Quarter lakes disappeared thousands of years ago.

但是几千年前空白地带的湖泊就消失了。

The Empty Quarter is a huge area of sand that covers about a quarter of the Arabian Peninsula.

空白地区是一大块覆盖了四分之一的阿拉伯半岛的沙漠地带。

From its vertiginous viewing galleries visitors look down on the great commercial city spread below them and across to the seemingly boundless dunes of the Empty Quarter.

从令人眩晕的观景台上，游客可以看到这个商业城市的全貌，甚至可以看到鲁卜哈利沙漠无边无际的沙丘。

Campers at inland sea in empty quarter.

内海畔，一片空旷区域里的露营者。

Lecturer: So, continuing our discussion of desert lakes, now I want to focus on what's known as the Empty Quarter.

演讲者：那么，我们继续讨论沙漠湖泊，现在我想主要说说空白地区。