If it sounds like an interesting place to visit, that's because it is.
如果它听起来像是个有趣的地方,那是因为它的确是这样。
and near its lower reaches there is a long tailing-off which is almost certainly the result of material transported out to deep water after being eroded from the continental masses.
在这个地带的低处是很长的一段尾沙地段,基本上可以断定这个地段是大陆块体上侵蚀下来的物质被水冲到深水处形成的。