nival zone

Swedish translation: område med ständig snö

08:40 Aug 20, 2009
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Science - Geography
English term or phrase: nival zone
Förekommer i beskrivning av geografi och djur- och växtliv i Karpaterna:

"Because the Carpathians have a relatively low altitude, the upper alpine and nival zones are generally missing. In fact, only 5% of the land is above the tree line."
Marja Netzell
Local time: 06:51
Swedish translation:område med ständig snö
Explanation:
nival - of, relating to, or characteristic of a region of perpetual snow. (Apple Dictionary)
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4 +3område med ständig snö
egj_translation
4låglandsområde/låglandsregim
Anna Fredrikson
3nival regim
Ulf Norlinger


  

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låglandsområde/låglandsregim


Explanation:
Se www.wf.se, rapport om "översvämningar"


    Reference: http://www.wwf.se
Anna Fredrikson
Local time: 06:51
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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område med ständig snö


Explanation:
nival - of, relating to, or characteristic of a region of perpetual snow. (Apple Dictionary)

Example sentence(s):
  • Över 2900 meter råder övervägande ständig snö och glaciärer.

    Reference: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abchazien
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agree  L. K.
12 mins

agree  Lars Jelking: = ovanför snögränsen.
21 mins

agree  Li Redenaa
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nival regim


Explanation:
Nival kan syfta både på växt- och djurfauna, samt geografi:
http://www.botniabanan.se/upload/pdf/tillatlighet/kompletter...

Som djur/växtfauna resp. höjdzon nedan.

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Note added at 44 minuter (2009-08-20 09:24:58 GMT)
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(Nival kan i vissa sammanhang översättas med "snöig")


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Note added at 48 minuter (2009-08-20 09:28:54 GMT)
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Höjdzoner:
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Snözon (nival zon)
Alpin zon
Subalpin zon
Bergszon
Lägre bergszon

Example sentence(s):
  • UmeŠåälven tillhöšr gruppen "Nival bergsregim", d.v.s. maxväŠrdena påŒ vattenföšring beror av snšösmäŠltning.
  • ... angående de hiemala och nivala arternas strukturella tillpassningar till livet på snöig mark...

    Reference: http://www.archive.org/stream/meddelandenafsoc39soci/meddela...
    Reference: http://www.nateko.lu.se/Courses/NGE609/Ben_f%F6rel_nge609_vt...
Ulf Norlinger
Sweden
Local time: 06:51
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
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