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áreas inundáveis

English translation: floodable areas

13:32 Dec 4, 2007
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany / HYDROPHITIC plants
Portuguese term or phrase: áreas inundáveis
Esteves (1998) afirma que, no Brasil, se encontram algumas das maiores áreas inundáveis do mundo, particularmente associadas com os rios Amazonas, Paraná, Araguaia e São
Valeria_ferr (X)
Local time: 23:53
English translation:floodable areas
Explanation:
Environmental Science & Policy : WFD and hydrogeological setting ...
The directly floodable areas are in black, the indirectly floodable areas ... In the first step a high precision DTM was produced and floodable areas were ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1462901105000183

There are loads of examples on google. HTH

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Note added at 7 mins (2007-12-04 13:40:24 GMT)
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Quím. Nova vol.30 no.2; Abstract: S0100-40422007000200006
The soils in floodable areas were found to contain 1.5 to 2.8-fold higher Hg ... Hence, floodable areas, which comprise humic-rich soils, accumulate more ...
www.scielo.br/ scielo.php?pid=S0100-40422007000200006&script=sci_abstrac
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Paula Vaz-Carreiro
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4floodable areas
Paula Vaz-Carreiro
4 +1flood prone areas
Marlene Curtis
5flood risk areas
Ben Kohn
5seasonally flooded
Marcelo Galdos
4 +1flood zones
George Rabel
5floodplains
Muriel Vasconcellos
4areas prone to flooding
Paul Dixon


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
flood prone areas


Explanation:
Nowadays, tens of thousands of people in these flood prone areas have been ... As regards low-lying villages in the flood plain areas, we have already ...
www.dsd.gov.hk/annual_reports/0506/eng/ch02_right.htm - 16k -

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 21:53
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 15

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ben Kohn: and this is correct too!!
5 mins
  -> Grata. É o termo mais usado nos EUA e UK também.
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
floodable areas


Explanation:
Environmental Science & Policy : WFD and hydrogeological setting ...
The directly floodable areas are in black, the indirectly floodable areas ... In the first step a high precision DTM was produced and floodable areas were ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1462901105000183

There are loads of examples on google. HTH

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Note added at 7 mins (2007-12-04 13:40:24 GMT)
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Quím. Nova vol.30 no.2; Abstract: S0100-40422007000200006
The soils in floodable areas were found to contain 1.5 to 2.8-fold higher Hg ... Hence, floodable areas, which comprise humic-rich soils, accumulate more ...
www.scielo.br/ scielo.php?pid=S0100-40422007000200006&script=sci_abstrac

Paula Vaz-Carreiro
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ben Kohn: this is correct too!
4 mins
  -> Thanks Ben - I went for "floodable" because of the subject and the sentence which might be referring to areas that could be deliberately allowed to flood (for whatever reason)
agree  R. Alex Jenkins
8 mins
  -> Thanks Richard
agree  rhandler: Esta é a forma preferível. Veja também http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S146290110500018...
9 mins
  -> Thanks Ralph and thanks for the extra link too
agree  Humberto Ribas
55 mins
  -> Thanks Humberto
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
flood risk areas


Explanation:
A very common way of saying it:

BBC - Weather Centre - Features - Understanding Weather - Areas at ...To see if your home is near a flood risk area enter your full postcode in the box below and click on go. The site experiences extremely high demand at times ...
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/understanding/flood_risk_sea... - 22k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

Flood Risk AreasLink to Environment Agency's website to search by postcode for flood risk areas.
www.macclesfield.gov.uk/standardpage.asp?pageid=9723 - 15k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

DEQ - Flood Risk AreasThe flood risk area program requires new construction in the 100- year floodplain of the Great Lakes to be elevated to prevent property damage. ...
www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3313_3677_3700-10862--,00... - 40k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

Local air and river quality, flood risk areas and clean beaches ...Find out about the environment where you live - check how clean your local beach or river is, how good local air quality is and whether your home is at risk ...
www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_P... - 20k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

Lake District National Park Authority - Flood risk areasIf your planning application falls within a flood risk area you will need to submit a Flood Risk Assessment to us. For domestic extensions the information ...
www.lake-district.gov.uk/index/living_in/planning/planning_... - 18k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

ReliefWeb » Maps Preview » Mozambique: Flood-Risk Areas (as of 5 ...Map of 'Mozambique: Flood-Risk Areas (as of 5 Feb 2007). Date: 05 Feb 2007; Source(s): United Nations World Food Programme (WFP); Type: Natural Disaster ...
www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LPAA-72EJE7?OpenDocum... - 14k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this


Ben Kohn
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
seasonally flooded


Explanation:
Este termo é usado para designar áreas que ficam inundadas parte do ano, como ocorre nas regiões citadas.

Marcelo Galdos
Local time: 22:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
flood zones


Explanation:
FloodSmart.gov: Flood ZonesFlood zones are land areas identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Each flood zone describes that land area in terms of its risk of ...
www.floodsmart.gov/floodsmart/pages/faq_zones.jsp - 24k - Cached - Similar pages

FloodSmart.gov: Flood Zones DefinedFlood zones are geographic areas that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has defined according to varying levels of flood risk.
www.floodsmart.gov/floodsmart/pages/riskassesment/floodzone... - 27k - Cached - Similar pages
[ More results from www.floodsmart.gov ]

FEMA Map Service Center -Historic Flood Maps are digital raster images of Flood Hazard Boundary Maps (FHBMs) ... Definitions of FEMA Flood Zone Designations · - Product Information ...
msc.fema.gov/ - 29k - Cached - Similar pages


George Rabel
Local time: 21:53
Native speaker of: Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marcelo Gonçalves: Yes! That's the term.
1 day 22 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
floodplains


Explanation:
1,300,000 refs

A few of about 20 similar definitions of floodplain:

Definitions of floodplain on the Web:

* Areas that are flooded periodically (usually annually) by the lateral overflow of rivers. In hydrology, the entire area that is flooded at a ...
www.raingardennetwork.com/glossary.htm

* Any land area susceptible to inundation by water from any source.
www.brazos.org/Water_Glossary.htm

* The flat or nearly flat land along a river or stream or in a tidal area that is covered by water during a flood.
www.entrix.com/resources/glossary.aspx

* Any land area susceptible to being inundated by flood waters from any source.
www.co.lake.il.us/smc/citizens/floodterms.asp

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 18:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 59
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
areas prone to flooding


Explanation:
A suggestion.

Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 22:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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