The delta region of the Rio Grande river was a forsaken land of thickets and swamps.
格兰德河的三角洲地区是块布满了灌木丛及沼泽地的被遗忘之地。
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For example, the Rio Grande pueblos already existed when the United States acquired sovereignty over New Mexico in 1848.
例如,当美国在1848年获得新墨西哥的主权时,大草原就已经存在了。
Arid lands, surprisingly, contain some of the world's largest river systems, such as the Murray-Darling in Australia, the Rio Grande in North America, the Indus in Asia, and the Nile in Africa.