land subsidence

常见例句

This decrease in the water table is a major contributor to land subsidence — New Orleans, like Venice, is sinking.
地下水位的降低则是地表陷没的元凶，而新奥尔良，和威尼斯城一样，正在下陷。
Buried tidal marsh or coastal forest soils point to sudden land subsidence of about 1 meter occurring at the same time from Vancouver Island to Northern California.
埋在地下的潮汐沼泽及沿海森林土壤使温哥华至加利福尼亚州北部一带的地面沉降1米左右。
"Other key factors are land subsidence caused by human activities, including over-exploitation of groundwater and massive construction of high buildings in coastal areas, " Liu said.
其他的重要因素是由人类自身活动，如地下水的过度开采，沿海地区高层建筑物的过度建设，所导致的地面沉降

Other aspects of climate change and land subsidence significantly exacerbate this effect though the relative importance of these factors varies from location.
UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES
The average settling, or subsidence, was about the same as it was measured on land - about six millimeters a year.
NPR: Satellite Imagery Shows a Sinking New Orleans