jessour

Portuguese translation: poços "jessour"

19:57 Aug 31, 2010

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Social Sciences - Environment & Ecology

English term or phrase: jessour

A good example is the water-harvesting technique used in Tunisia, consisting of ancient terraces and recharge "jessour" wells.

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Portuguese translation:poços "jessour"

Explanation:
Eu não tentaria traduzir pois trata-se de um tipo unico de poço.

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Fernando Okabe Biazibeti
Brazil
Local time: 15:57

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poços "jessour"

Fernando Okabe Biazibeti

pequeno dique / terraços à maneira de diques

Marlene Curtis

represa ou açude

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida

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poços "jessour"

Explanation:
Eu não tentaria traduzir pois trata-se de um tipo unico de poço.

Example sentence(s):

http://www.fao.org/teca/content/floodwater-harvesting-within-stream-bed-jessour-terrace-wadi
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leito_aqu%C3%A1tico

Fernando Okabe Biazibeti
Brazil
Local time: 15:57
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 28

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21 mins confidence:

pequeno dique / terraços à maneira de diques

Explanation:
DF] Agriculture and desertification in arid zones of Northern Africa
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by R PONTANIER - Related articles
Small dams, called generally jessour are disposed across a valley in montane or piedmont areas. An outlet is provided for each of them, to drain off the ...
ressources.ciheam.org/om/pdf/c01-2/95605226.pdf

[PDF] Microsoft PowerPoint - Water Harvesting and Groundwater Artificial ...
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Jessours in the Matmata moutains. A hydraulic unit ... check dam. Small check dams or spreading structures for diverting runoff waters. In some ...
https://engineering.purdue.edu/.../Water Harvesting and Grou...

ICARDA Caravan, Issue No. 24
The ecological mosaic includes sub-humid forests, dry rangelands, deserts, oases, and Jessours (series of small dams for rainwater management on valley ...
www.icarda.org/Publications/Caravan/Caravan24/Focus_10.htm - Cached

PDF] AVALIAÇÃO DE TÉCNICAS DE CAPTAÇÃO DE ÁGUA DE CHUVA PARA ... - 4:06pm
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Essas técnicas vão desde a utilização de pequenos potes ... sobre uma encosta; o Jessour consiste de terraços à maneira de diques nas planícies de ...
www.smarh.eng.ufmg.br/defesas/178D.

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 14:57
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 193

1 hr confidence:

represa ou açude

Explanation:
Diria assim em PT(pt), trata-se de uma técnica para recolha da água de escorrência utilizada na Tunísia, ver http://www.desire-his.eu/index.php?option=com_docman&task=do...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 19:57
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Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 111

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