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07:29 May 10, 2009 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Science - Geography | |||||||
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| Selected response from: David Brown Spain Local time: 11:47 | ||||||
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4 +1 | inlet |
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4 | (access) canal |
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3 +1 | (river) mouth |
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3 | ria |
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2 | bight |
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(access) canal Explanation: DRAE 6. f. Geogr. Canal por donde entran los buques en ciertos puertos o rías. :) # Welcome to Localism - [ Traducir esta página ] Palm Harbor Club, towards its gulf access canal, Fort Myers Beach, FlProvided by: LLoyd Nichols~SW Florida Homes Jump to: Palm Harbor Club (Fort Myers Beach ... localism.com/fl/fort_myers_beach/palm_harbor_club - 35k - En caché - Páginas similares - # Waterfront lots with gulf access in Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Florida - [ Traducir esta página ] 25 May 2007 ... 150' wide gufl access canal. All city utilities available. ..... Awesome price on a sailboat access lot across from Cape Harbour! ... floridasungroup.com/waterfront-lots-with-gulf-access.htm - 111k - NAVIGATION CONDITIONS: Ocean Maps 1101 e 1102 from the Navy Department Hydrographic Directory Tide Amplitude: Maximum of 2.80 meters Piloting: Regulated by the Administrative rule nº 14 of the Harbor Administration. Obligatory for the foreign ships, tankers and propaners. Granted to Brazilian ships commanded by a Brazilian mariner as Cabotage Master. TOWBOAT: Use regulated by the administrative rule number 14, from the Harbor Administration. ACCESS CANAL It has two canals. The first one called internal canal, on the side of the city, minimum depth of 8 meters and a second one called external canal, along the Itaparica Island, of which the depth varies from 13 to 55 meters. http://www.codeba.com.br/eng/porto_ssa_infra_loc.php |
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bight Explanation: Really not sure about access canal; "gola" sounds to be a truly natural feature. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bight_(geography) In geography, bight has two meanings. A bight can be simply a bend or curve in any geographical feature—usually a bend or curve in the line between land and water. Alternatively, the term can refer to a large (and often only slightly receding) bay. It is distinguished from a sound by being shallower. Traditionally explorers defined a bight as a bay that could be sailed out of on a single tack in a square-rigged sailing vessel, regardless of the direction of the wind (typically meaning the apex of the bight is less than 25 degrees from the edges). |
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(river) mouth Explanation: mouth: embocadura, gola (hidrografía) http://books.google.es/books?id=ZIU4-UjfzYcC&pg=PA124&lpg=PA... 2006 Sightings - [ Traducir esta página ]Gola de Migjorn (viewing point at old river mouth that encompasses lagoons, ... For the old river mouth (Gola Migjorn), sandwich terns, audouin's gull, ... www.ebrotours.co.uk/2006_sightings.htm - 19k - En caché - Páginas similares Trekking bicycle route: To the volcanos & around the mountain ... - [ Traducir esta página ]From Torroella de Montgrí you get to visit “La Gola”, the outstanding river mouth of the river Ter and the interesting ancient Greek-Roman ruins of ... www.cicloturisme.com/new/index.php?p=fitxa_ruta&id=185&id_i... - 28k - En caché - Páginas similares |
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ria Explanation: From the context you provide it seems to me the term should be "ría" (Penetración que forma el mar en la costa, debida a la sumersión de la parte litoral de una cuenca fluvial de laderas más o menos abruptas. (DRAE)). The DRAE definition of "Gola" is:Canal por donde entran los buques en ciertos puertos o rías. So this is my suggestion. Apparently the word "ria" also exists in English: a long, narrow, wedge-shaped inlet, uniformly widening and deepening toward the sea. http://www.yourdictionary.com/ria this is what I would suggest, "ria": a long, narrow, wedge-shaped inlet, uniformly widening and deepening toward the sea. It -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2009-05-10 09:05:40 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry, please ignore that last sentence. I should have deleted it before hitting "submit"! |
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inlet Explanation: like a fiord paso estrecho o garganta profunda entre dos altas montañas por donde suelen correr los rios inlet -A narrow opening by which the water penetrates into the land. gola - Abertura estrecha por la cual penetra el agua en la tierra -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 hrs (2009-05-10 13:21:56 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I think technically "gola" is where the sea enters the land and not where the river meets the sea (seen from the point of view of sea movements instead of rivers) La bocana (cat. gola, ital. lido, ingl. inlet) es el término correcto para designarlos boquetes de comunicación con el mar; no es correcta la palabra grau (de gradus= 'puerto') que es una usurpación semántica de mala ley. Una o más bocanas o goles se mantienen abiertas como rebosadero o gracias a las corrientes de mareao de otro tipo, en contra de las corrientes longitudinales y oleaje transversal quetienden a cerrarlas. |
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