Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
ríos encajonados
English translation:
confined rivers
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schmetterlich
Mar 6, 2016 06:21
8 yrs ago
Spanish term
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ríos encajonados
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Environment & Ecology
Caiman Cocodrilus es una especie que tiene alta preferencia a canales, quebradas y ríos encajonados, y muy raras veces se los encuentra en lagos.
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Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +4 | confined rivers |
Wendy Streitparth
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| 4 | narrow rivers |
Simon Bruni
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| 4 | channelled/banked rivers |
Yvonne Gallagher
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Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Germany
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confined rivers
Confined rivers are those where the channel is constrained along more than 90% of its length by bedrock valley margins. Types include gorges and steep headwater rivers.
http://atlas.nsw.gov.au/public/nsw/home/topic/article/river-...
Given their steep slopes, confined rivers in mountain settings tend to have high flood power ...
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=L2ZFVunPMPwC&pg=PT219&lp...
http://atlas.nsw.gov.au/public/nsw/home/topic/article/river-...
Given their steep slopes, confined rivers in mountain settings tend to have high flood power ...
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=L2ZFVunPMPwC&pg=PT219&lp...
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Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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78
narrow rivers
From the Oxford Spanish:
encajonar [A1] verbo transitivo
n encajonarse v pron «río» to narrow
encajonar [A1] verbo transitivo
n encajonarse v pron «río» to narrow
5 hrs
Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Ireland
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Ireland
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channelled/banked rivers
these are rivers that have cut out a channel for themselves over time. The river is "encajonado" =constrained/hemmed in or boxed in by its banks.
All indications are that this caiman likes low-lying slow-flowing water so highly unlikely to be gorges as these would be on higher land
http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=enca...
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/rivers/glossary.s...
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Caiman_crocodilus/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectacled_caiman
All indications are that this caiman likes low-lying slow-flowing water so highly unlikely to be gorges as these would be on higher land
http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=enca...
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/rivers/glossary.s...
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Caiman_crocodilus/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectacled_caiman
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Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Works in field
Germany
45 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
35
Reference:
Definición:
Rio que tiene recortado su canal en el fondo de un valle.
Rio que ha formado su canal por un proceso de degradación.
Rio que tiene recortado su canal en el fondo de un valle.
Rio que ha formado su canal por un proceso de degradación.
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