It wast a green valley-land dotted with trees through which he caught the gleam of a river that wound away roughly to the North-West.

这是一片苍翠的溪谷之地，树木星罗棋布，他瞥见树木之间有一条河流闪闪生光，这河拐了个弯，向大致是西北方向奔腾而去。

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This mythical river, which paints a green valley across the middle of desert, flows through Aswan, Luxor and, finally, Cairo, covering a distance of over 6,600 kilometres.

这条神化般的河流在干旱的沙漠地区形成了一条“绿色走廊”；它流经阿斯旺、卢克斯特并最终到达开罗，总长超过6,600公里。

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From the village we picked our way up the Sasyk-Bulak Valley through green forests until Lake Issyk-Kul finally disappeared and snowy peaks surrounded us.

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