dere yatağı

English translation: river bed (creek/stream bed, water course)

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Turkish term or phrase:	dere yatağı
English translation:	river bed (creek/stream bed, water course)
Entered by:	Sophie Wedin (X)

17:16 Dec 17, 2004

Turkish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering

Turkish term or phrase: dere yatağı

Concerned with unsuitable areas to construct buildings, in terms of floods and earthquakes.

Sophie Wedin (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 3 (none open) Answers: 13
Local time: 02:40

water course

Explanation:
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Note added at 20 mins (2004-12-17 17:37:16 GMT)
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also used as stream/river/lake bed/course/channel in this meeaning, with many combinations according to the context..

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Note added at 23 mins (2004-12-17 17:39:41 GMT)
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http://www.lalc.k12.ca.us/target/units/river/tour/hist.html
http://www.state.me.us/mema/hazards/flood.htm
http://www.larkspurschools.org/lsd/standards/science/gr6.pdf
http://www.co.humboldt.ca.us/planning/Genplan/Jacoby/ch3.htm
http://www.watermsc.org/

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Serkan Doğan
Türkiye
Local time: 02:40

Grading comment

Thanks for the links. I'm not sure if river/ stream bed is applicable here, but "water course" was suggested by another translator friend. "Flood plain" is one term that also seems to crop up everywhere.
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river bed, stream bed

Nilgün Bayram (X)

5 +1

water course

Serkan Doğan

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dere yatağı

water course

Serkan Doğan
Türkiye
Local time: 02:40
Native speaker of:

Turkish
PRO pts in category: 38

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peer agreement (net): +5

dere yatağı river bed, stream bed

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Nilgün Bayram (X)
Türkiye
Local time: 02:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Turkish
PRO pts in category: 16

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