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corduroy hills

Spanish translation: cordón montañoso

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English term or phrase:corduroy hills
Spanish translation:cordón montañoso
Entered by: Lorena Riquelme

00:48 Oct 18, 2010
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Zoology / birdwatching
English term or phrase: corduroy hills
Buenas noches.

Estoy traduciendo un documental con entrevistas sobre la migración de los gavilanes de alas anchas y las columnas térmicas.

Necesito que me ayuden con "corduroy hills".

Hawk Mt. Sanctuary is in east-central Pennsylvania. It’s our next stop on the journey of the Broad Winged hawk.
We’re in the central Appalachians - these corduroy hills here offer numerous updrafts.
In valleys, you have thermals forming and on the ridges when the winds are blowing out of the northwest, you have updrafts, so you have an aerial highway.

Muchas gracias.

Lorena
Lorena Riquelme
Mexico
Local time: 15:17
cordón montañoso
Explanation:
Los Estados Unidosel sistema de Montes Apalaches : son un amplio cordon montañoso con direccion NE-SO. Montes Allegheny, Maryland. Oeste. Llanura del Mississippi: ...
www.slideshare.net/.../los-estados-unidos - Estados Unidos - En caché

¡Suerte!
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nahuelhuapi
Argentina
Local time: 18:17
Grading comment
Muchas gracias, nahuelhuapi. Tu propuesta me parece más adecuada.
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Summary of answers provided
5cordón montañoso
nahuelhuapi
4sucesión de cordilleras
Jennifer Levey
Summary of reference entries provided
This is what "corduroy hills" look like
lorenab23

  

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sucesión de cordilleras


Explanation:
The topography resembles corduroy cloth - a series of parallel ridges, similar to parts of the south of England (which I know well).

Geografia de Inglaterra
8 Oct 2007 ... Desde Salisbury, al sur de Inglaterra, una sucesión de cordilleras se extienden radialmente en todas direcciones, como las colinas Chiltern ...
www.inglaterraturismo.com.ar/.../geografia - En caché - Similares¿Cual es la ubicación geográfica de Asia y cuales son los ...
28 Oct 2008 ... Indochina está formada por una sucesión de cordilleras y las cuencas de los grandes ríos. Todo el conjunto está rodeado por la cordillera de ...
espanol.answers.yahoo.com/.../index?... - Estados Unidos - En caché - Similares

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 17:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Asker: Muchas gracias, mediamatrix, por tomarte el tiempo para ayudarme. Elegí la opción propuesta por nahuelhuapi porque creo que se adapta mejor a mi texto. Te agradezco mucho. Saludos, Lorena.

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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
cordón montañoso


Explanation:
Los Estados Unidosel sistema de Montes Apalaches : son un amplio cordon montañoso con direccion NE-SO. Montes Allegheny, Maryland. Oeste. Llanura del Mississippi: ...
www.slideshare.net/.../los-estados-unidos - Estados Unidos - En caché

¡Suerte!

nahuelhuapi
Argentina
Local time: 18:17
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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Grading comment
Muchas gracias, nahuelhuapi. Tu propuesta me parece más adecuada.
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Reference comments


3 mins
Reference: This is what "corduroy hills" look like

Reference information:
http://www.alisonmeyerphotography.com/photo.cfm?id=121

lorenab23
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  Jennifer Levey: No - that's mere agro-artist's impression, not relevant to the Hawk Mt. Sanctuary which is wild countryside http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawk_Mountain_Sanctuary .
6 mins
  -> Oh I see, so is just the artist calling it that, thank you for the clarification Mediamatrix
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