The land surface pokes just a couple of meters on average above sea level, making it the lowest-lying nation in the world.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

I don't know what percent; our oil reserves in the U.S. are pretty small, so we're kind of lying somewhere inside-- maybe on this pink line.

我不知道具体占百分之几;,美国的石油储备量是微不足道的，所以我们可能是位于这附近-,也许在这条粉线上面。

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As you know, some of the camps are in the low lying areas and the most flood-prone districts are Swabi, Mardan,Nowshera and Peshawar.

VOA: standard.2009.07.04

They are the nurseries of the ocean, where many species of fish and shrimp breed and serve as a buffer against coastal erosion in a region where much of the population livesin low-lying areas.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29