on the dry land

In the Book of Genesis, God commands Noah to built the massive vessel and bring "every sort [of animal]... male and female... everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life."

在《创世记》中，上帝命令诺亚建造一艘巨大的船只，带上“每种(动物)……雄的和雌的各一个……陆地上所有用鼻孔呼吸的动物。”

The ark comes to rest on a mountaintop, and the hero sends out a bird to reconnoiter the land, to find out if it's dry yet.

方舟停在一个山顶上，英雄派一只鸟去侦察这片土地，看看是否还干燥。

During the dry periods that are common phenomena along the desert margins, the pressure on the land is often far in excess of its diminished capacity, and desertification results.

在沙漠边缘地区常有的旱季，土地所受的压力往往远超其被削弱的承受能力，沙漠化因此发生。