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Sediments are also dropped 【where a river slows on entering a lake or the sea,】 the deposited sediments are on a lake floor or the seafloor at first, but will be located inland at some future date, 【when the sea level falls or the land rises;】 such beds are sometimes thousands of meters thick.

翻译：当河流汇入湖泊和海洋的时候也会有沉淀，这些沉淀最初在湖底或海底，但将来海平面下降或者陆地崛起时，它们就会分布于内陆，通常厚达几千米。