麦克默多干燥谷
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麦克默多干燥谷(英语:McMurdo Dry Valleys)为南极洲麦克默多湾西岸维多利亚地的一些列无雪山谷的统称。这些山谷由冰川后退而形成,约200多万年未有降水,是极度干燥的荒漠地区,是南极大陆唯一没有冰雪覆盖的地方。夏季有些地方会有由于附近冰川融化形成的小溪流。还存在一些盐度极高的永不冰冻的小水塘。
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- Map of the McMurdo Dry Valleys area (pdf)
- Another map (USGS)
- Antarctic Connection
- Study: Life in Antarctic ice may compare to Mars
- Special Report: The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctic Sun, January 26, 2003, 7–21.
- Virtual Tour of the Dry Valleys
- In Antarctica's Dry Valleys, worms offer clues to alarming changes in ecosystem - The New York Times/International Herald Tribune, November 2006
- A long-term ecological research group is working in the area.
- Pictures from the Dry Valleys
- Satellite images