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hidrobacia

English translation: hydrographic basin

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Portuguese term or phrase:hidrobacia
English translation:hydrographic basin
Entered by: Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral

15:29 Mar 12, 2010
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture
Portuguese term or phrase: hidrobacia
736 hidrobacias no Paraná
bibica
Local time: 20:08
hydrographic basin
Explanation:
Hth

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4 +7hydrographic basin
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
5river basin
JOHN PENNEY (X)
4hydro basin
Marlene Curtis
3catchment basin
Isabel Maria Almeida


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
hydrographic basin


Explanation:
Hth

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Note added at 3 mins (2010-03-12 15:33:04 GMT)
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glossário da CEE

http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do?method=searc...

Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
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PRO pts in category: 16
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agree  mirian terra
1 hr
  -> Miryan, muito obrigado, bom f-d-s Antonio
agree  Virginia De Klerk: Agree. However, catchment basin is also used at times
1 hr
  -> Virginia. tx & nice we. Antonio
agree  Milana Penavski
1 hr
  -> Milana, tx & nice we. Antonio
agree  Claudio Mazotti
2 hrs
  -> Cláudio. grato e bom f-d-s. Antonio
agree  Walter Moura
3 hrs
  -> Walter, grato. Antonio
agree  Caravelle
6 hrs
  -> Caravelle, agradecido. Antonio
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Also 'watershed'
6 hrs
  -> Muriel, grato. Antonio
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
catchment basin


Explanation:
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Isabel Maria Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 00:08
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hydro basin


Explanation:
IJTM/IJCEE PAGE TEMPLATEv2
by ELF De Almeida - 2005 - Cited by 4 - Related articles
The state-owned Eletrobras owns and controls the three biggest .... Current generation capacity is located in the cheaper hydro basins. .... Gerais and Parana, are vertically integrated. In the new model, self-dealing is prohibited. ...
inderscience.metapress.com/index/Y19A9V8143J2WD9P.pdf

[PDF] Proposition of a Half-Wave Length Energization Case Test
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This work was supported by FAPESP – The State of São Paulo Research and ... Eight large hydro basins compose the Brazilian hydraulic map. ...
www.ipst.org/techpapers/2009/papers/16.pd

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 19:08
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
river basin


Explanation:
Used in all the official World Bank surveys in Brazil

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Note added at 4 days (2010-03-16 23:52:02 GMT)
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Hydro basin is not really correct. Hydrographic basin is technically correct, and "catchment" can mean almost anything, but what is generally meant in a land like Brazil with lots of major rivers is "river basin".

JOHN PENNEY (X)
Local time: 20:08
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