cubeta estuarina

English translation: estuarine/estuary basin

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Spanish term or phrase:cubeta estuarina
English translation:estuarine/estuary basin
Entered by: Lisa McCarthy

10:23 Oct 26, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geography / Soils, water, tides
Spanish term or phrase: cubeta estuarina
SPAIN: "Por la llanura circula el cauce Loukkos que con una anchura de 200 m y meandros de 3 km de amplitud y 2,5 km de longitud de onda recorre la totalidad de la cubeta estuarina."
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 02:11
estuarine basin
Explanation:
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Note added at 8 minutos (2008-10-26 10:32:25 GMT)
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or "Estuary Basin"

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Note added at 10 minutos (2008-10-26 10:34:29 GMT)
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Estuarine Basin gets about 6,000 more hits on Google than Estuary Basin but it´s the same thing.
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Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 02:11
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You got in first and I used both forms in the end. Cheers m'dears :)
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3 +3estuary basin
Sheila Hardie
4estuarine basin
Lisa McCarthy
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liz askew

  

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estuary basin


Explanation:
I think.

HTH


Sheila


http://www.google.com/search?hl=ca&newwindow=1&rlz=1G1GGLQ_C...


Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 02:11
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estuarine basin


Explanation:
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Note added at 8 minutos (2008-10-26 10:32:25 GMT)
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or "Estuary Basin"

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Note added at 10 minutos (2008-10-26 10:34:29 GMT)
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Estuarine Basin gets about 6,000 more hits on Google than Estuary Basin but it´s the same thing.

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 02:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
You got in first and I used both forms in the end. Cheers m'dears :)
Notes to answerer
Asker: So not "trough" then?

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Reference

Reference information:
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:7ylJ5nfDZrQJ:www.editor...

here

cubeta = basin fold

Diccionario técnico: Inglés-español, español-inglés - Google Books Result
by Frederic Beigbeder, Federico Beigbeder Atienza - 2006 - Technology & Engineering - 995 pages
... dique de retención. estanque | hoya vasija. fold cubeta (geología). lock esclusa-dársena. peat turbera azonal (geología). basis | régimen. brass | latón ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=8479787430...

altos estructurales y cubetas - structural highs and basins ...
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12 Ago 2008 ... LOs altos estructurales se llaman pilares, y lo que le dicen aquí cubetas (que me parece horroroso y un insulto al idioma y a la geología) ...
esl.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/geology/2761448-altos_estructurales_y_cubetas.html - 44k - Cached - Similar pages

liz askew
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 15
Note to reference poster
Asker: Thanks Liz, some very useful links for future reference. Cheers :)

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