Auwald

English translation: alluvial forest

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German term or phrase:Auwald
English translation:alluvial forest
Entered by: Martin Hesse

20:37 May 17, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Forestry / Wood / Timber
German term or phrase: Auwald
... und den letzten Auwäldern des Untersees.

Kontext: Tourismus, Hotel am Bodensee
Martin Hesse
Local time: 06:57
alluvial forests/lowland forests
Explanation:

weiß nicht viel über sie - hat was mit Flachland und Überschwemmung zu tun, aber auch nur zum Teil

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Note added at 2004-05-17 20:49:10 (GMT)
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... Country. Austria. Administrative region(s). ... There are still substantial areas of
humid grassland and small pockets of dry grassland, fens and alluvial forest. ...
www.birdlife.net/ datazone/search/sites_search.html?action=SitHTMDetails.asp&sid=3256&m=0 - 30k - Cached - Similar pages

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Mag. Sabine Senn
Local time: 06:57
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Danke an alle! CU in Berlin.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2alluvial forests/lowland forests
Mag. Sabine Senn
5woodlands along the banks of
John Wellesly Helliwell
4bottomland
Kim Metzger
3 +1Riparian forest
Nancy Arrowsmith
4comment
Ken Cox
4wetland(s)
Wolf Brosius (X)
4 -1biosphere
David Moore (X)


  

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alluvial forests/lowland forests


Explanation:

weiß nicht viel über sie - hat was mit Flachland und Überschwemmung zu tun, aber auch nur zum Teil

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Note added at 2004-05-17 20:49:10 (GMT)
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Search for Sites
... Country. Austria. Administrative region(s). ... There are still substantial areas of
humid grassland and small pockets of dry grassland, fens and alluvial forest. ...
www.birdlife.net/ datazone/search/sites_search.html?action=SitHTMDetails.asp&sid=3256&m=0 - 30k - Cached - Similar pages



Mag. Sabine Senn
Local time: 06:57
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Danke an alle! CU in Berlin.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ken Cox: prefer 'alluvial forest' (especially in light of 'die sich in fast allen vegetationszonen ausbildet') see also separate comment
1 hr
  -> Thanks. Alluvial is the better term.

agree  Steffen Walter: alluvial forests
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biosphere


Explanation:
Auwald bezeichnet die natürliche Vegetationsform entlang der Bäche und Flüsse, die sich in fast allen Vegetationszonen ausbildet. Aufgrund ihres Nährstoffreichtums zählen Auwälder zu den artenreichsten Lebensräumen der Erde. In Europa wurden Auwälder frühzeitig gerodet, da die reichen Böden exellentes Weideland darstellen. Heute finden sich v.a. in Mitteleuropa nur noch Reste des ursprünglichen Auwaldvorkommens.

Von Wikipedia.

Ich weiß, "biosphere" ist nicht 100% als Übersetzung von "Auwald", doch in diesem Falle ist es wohl angebracht.


David Moore (X)
Local time: 06:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Steffen Walter: Way too general - see EN Wikipedia definition @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosphere
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bottomland


Explanation:
Auwald bezeichnet die natürliche Vegetationsform entlang der Bäche und Flüsse, die sich in fast allen Vegetationszonen ausbildet. Aufgrund ihres Nährstoffreichtums zählen Auwälder zu den artenreichsten Lebensräumen der Erde. In Europa wurden Auwälder frühzeitig gerodet, da die reichen Böden exellentes Weideland darstellen. Heute finden sich v.a. in Mitteleuropa nur noch Reste des ursprünglichen Auwaldvorkommens.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auenwald

Bottomland

Definition: low-lying alluvial land near a river

http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/bottomland



    Langenscheidt Muret-Sanders
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 23:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 152

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  David Moore (X): Bottomland? In a hotel brochure......hmmmm....
37 mins
  -> It's music to my ears. So many immigrants looking for good bottomland in America.
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Riparian forest


Explanation:
Alluvial is also good, this is used more in the US.

Nancy Arrowsmith
Local time: 23:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ken Cox: I thought of this too, but it has the slight drawback that it doesn't imply native forests (many of the US references are to reforestation or quasi-artificial buffer zones)
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comment


Explanation:
From a bit of googling I favour 'alluvial forest', although 'riparian forest' would also be possible (but in this context I would suggest 'native riparian forest').

The listed reference (Glossary of Environmental Terms for
Urban and Regional Planners, translated from an Umweltbundesamt document) translates Auenwald as 'alluvial forest' and vice versa, and provides the following definition:

Alluvial forest:
Vegetation zone on the flood-plain of a river.



    Reference: http://www.umweltdaten.de/rup/glossar/englisch.pdf
Ken Cox
Local time: 06:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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wetland(s)


Explanation:
...werden diese Landformen im suedlichen Afrika genannt(auch in Werbeprospekten).Dabei kann es sich u.A. auch um Waelder handeln.Siehe St.Lucia im Norden von Kwa-Zulu - Natal
HTH
Wolf

Wolf Brosius (X)
Local time: 07:57
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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woodlands along the banks of


Explanation:
In a tourist brochure I would have thought that something less "scientifc" would be more appropriate

secondly: *forest* - for me, conjures up a great expanse of large trees

The other suggestions are all undoubtedly possible but sound more like an encyclopedia than a brochure for tourists.

John Wellesly Helliwell
Italy
Local time: 06:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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