Ghuts
| 17:29 Apr 17, 2019 |
| English to Spanish translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / Roads | |||||||
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| 5 +1 | rambla |
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| 3 | grietas/fisuras |
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| 1 | cañadas / quebradas / correnteras / torrenteras |
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| gullies or 'ghuts' |
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| ghuts cañadas / quebradas / correnteras / torrenteras Explanation: cañadas / quebradas / correnteras / torrenteras fuentes: correnteras | Spanish to English | Engineering (general) - ProZ.com https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/.../5023946-co... gullies - According to this text, 'correnteras' seems to be a synonym of 'cañadas', which means 'gullies'. Aún antes de la promulgación de esta nueva ... torrenteras > flash floods or gully washers - ProZ.com https://www.proz.com/kudoz/4715461 Most flash floods occur when there is a heavy amount of precipitation falling in an area and that water is then channeled through streams or narrow gullies. estribaciones de las quebradas | Spanish to English ... - ProZ.com https://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish.../3469012-estribaciones-... foothills in which the gullies form - this does sound odd to me, it would make sense the other way around but "quebradas" are normally gullies, ... |
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peer agreement (net): +1| ghuts rambla Explanation: "Torrentera" de Andrés Larsen es correcto, pero el término más exacto (aunque menos usual, me parece a mí) es rambla (cauce ocasional, normalmente causado por lluvias). https://dle.rae.es/?id=V5nBwtG |
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| ghuts grietas/fisuras Explanation: I have in my dictionary: ghat/ghaut. n. 1 step or a stairway leading down to a river; landing place. 2 a mountain pass.; passage or path of descent. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/es/diccionario/ingles/ghau... |
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| Reference: gullies or 'ghuts' Reference information: Got Guts? The Iconic Streams of the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Law's ... https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article.... - J Reiblich - 2016 - 21 abr. 2017 - coastline, gullies or 'ghuts' are the order and these serve more to drain away rainwater rather than to conserve it.”). Virgin Islands] is St. Croix where there are a few streams bearing the names of rivers.”). |
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