leads and polynyas

Portuguese translation: canais e polínias

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English term or phrase:leads and polynyas
Portuguese translation:canais e polínias
Entered by: Humberto Ribas

20:08 Dec 17, 2016
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
English term or phrase: leads and polynyas
Sea ice forms as frazil, grease ice, pancake ice and pack ice drifting together to form pressure ridges and rubble, pulling apart to form leads and polynyas.
Humberto Ribas
Brazil
Local time: 09:51
canais e polínias
Explanation:
Sugestão para PT-BR:

leads = canais
(pg. 124)

polynia = polínia
(pg. 148)

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Note added at 17 hrs (2016-12-18 13:18:48 GMT)
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Obs.: esse glossário consta no site oficial da Marinha do Brasil, sendo assim imagino que seja de elevada credibilidade.
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Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 09:51
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4 +1canais e polínias
Matheus Chaud
4fendas e polínias
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida


  

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fendas e polínias


Explanation:
Diria assim em PT(pt), espero que seja útil...

urante o inverno, as baleias boreais ocorrem em áreas próximas à borda de gelo, em polínias, e em áreas de gelo não consolidada. Durante a primavera essas baleias usam as fendas e rachaduras no gelo para penetrar em áreas que eram inacessíveis durante o inverno, devido à cobertura de gelo pesado. Durante o verão e o outono se concentram em áreas onde a produção de zooplâncton é alta ou onde os processos biofísicos de grande escala criam concentrações locais de calanoides copépodes (Finley 1990, Finley et al., 1998).
http://mamiferosdomundo.blogspot.pt/2013/09/balaena-mysticet...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 12:51
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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leads and polynyas
canais e polínias


Explanation:
Sugestão para PT-BR:

leads = canais
(pg. 124)

polynia = polínia
(pg. 148)

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Note added at 17 hrs (2016-12-18 13:18:48 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Obs.: esse glossário consta no site oficial da Marinha do Brasil, sendo assim imagino que seja de elevada credibilidade.


    https://www.mar.mil.br/dhn/chm/meteo/prev/antartica/glossario/glossario.pdf
Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 09:51
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 120
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