地球的力量 第2集 大氣(14)亞馬遜盆地

Here in Argentina, the warm moist air is particularlywarm and moist

在阿根廷空氣特別的溫暖和濕潤(rùn)

because it's been swept down from one of thestickiest places in the world.

因?yàn)樗菑氖澜缟献顫衽牡胤酱颠^(guò)來(lái)的

Just to the north of me here is the Amazon basin.

到達(dá)了我現(xiàn)在站的地方的北邊亞馬遜盆地

And the cold air is particularly cold because it's being channelled up

冷空氣特別的冷

from the South Pole down there.

因?yàn)檫@是從南極過(guò)來(lái)的

This combination is a recipe for trouble.

這種結(jié)合就會(huì)帶來(lái)麻煩

The extreme turmoil caused by the cold and warm air clashing

這種冷熱空氣的相互碰撞

is what drives a storm.

形成了暴風(fēng)雨

But there's another feature of this landscape that makes storms

這種景象的另一個(gè)特征是它使得這個(gè)地區(qū)的

particularly frequent and intense in this region.

暴風(fēng)雨非常的頻繁和猛烈

I'm in the foothills of one of the greatest mountain chains in the world,

我現(xiàn)在站在世界上最大的山脈腳下

the Andes.

安第斯山脈

These ramparts act as a kind of barrier,

它們就像壁壘一樣

trapping this dangerous mixture of warm and cold air in the same place.

阻止暖空氣和冷空氣的混合物到達(dá)同一個(gè)地方

And that thunder that you hear

你聽(tīng)到了雷鳴聲

is because what's happening is as the cold and warm air masses mix,

那是冷暖空氣相互混合

it's a clash of extremes and this is a battleground.

那是激烈的碰撞而這就是戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)

Storms are gathering in the mountains so that's where I'm heading.

暴風(fēng)雨正在山里聚集就在我所面對(duì)的地方

I'm hoping to see some of the lightning this region is famous for.

我希望能看到這個(gè)地方非常著名的閃電