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snow-bed

French translation: névés

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English term or phrase:snow-bed
French translation:névés
Entered by: Drmanu49

11:21 Dec 15, 2008
English to French translations [PRO]
Science - Geography
English term or phrase: snow-bed
Context:

Plant habitats: Rich broadleaf woods, meadows and snow-bed sites.
Laurent Cattin
France
Local time: 01:07
névés
Explanation:
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Cette espèce est devenue le symbole de la flore alpine bien qu'elle semble .... La Gentiane des neiges atteint des altitudes élevées, au ras des névés. ...
www.alpes-photos.com/info_flore.htm - 93k - En cache - Pages similaires
#
Ornithomedia - Pratique - Voyages
17 juil 2007 ... La flore alpine est ici très riche, avec notamment des massifs de ... ponctuée de plusieurs névés (plaques de neige de relativement grande ...
www.ornithomedia.com/pratique/voyages/voyage_art142_1.htm - 45k -
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Drmanu49
France
Local time: 01:07
Grading comment
merci !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3combe à neige
GILLES MEUNIER
4 +1névés
Drmanu49


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
combe à neige


Explanation:
Gélifluxion néoglaciaire dans une combe à neige à la limite des arbres, ... Neoglacial Gelifluction in a Snow Bed at the Tree-Line (Northern Québec) ...
www.erudit.org/revue/gpq/1985/v39/n1/032588ar.html - 16k - En cache - Pages similaires
de S Payette - 1985 - Cité 6 fois - Autres articles - Les 3 versions
Érudit | gpq v52 n2 1998 : Brouillet | La flore vasculaire alpine ...
La composition biogéographique des combes à neige de la région du golfe du ... Among the alpine habitats encountered, the numerous snowbed communities ...
www.erudit.org/revue/gpq/1998/v52/n2/004774ar.html - 20k

GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 01:07
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 37

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kashew: Convincing!
16 mins
agree  Arnold T.: Confirmé par Termium !
22 mins
agree  jean-jacques alexandre
1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
névés


Explanation:
#
Cette espèce est devenue le symbole de la flore alpine bien qu'elle semble .... La Gentiane des neiges atteint des altitudes élevées, au ras des névés. ...
www.alpes-photos.com/info_flore.htm - 93k - En cache - Pages similaires
#
Ornithomedia - Pratique - Voyages
17 juil 2007 ... La flore alpine est ici très riche, avec notamment des massifs de ... ponctuée de plusieurs névés (plaques de neige de relativement grande ...
www.ornithomedia.com/pratique/voyages/voyage_art142_1.htm - 45k -

Drmanu49
France
Local time: 01:07
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PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
merci !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  emiledgar: This makes more sense: seasonal snow-beds that create a mini-environment in the the particular plant flourishes.
1 hr
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