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encañonadas hasta con 600 metros de profundidad

English translation: gorged out/carved out 600 meters deep

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Spanish term or phrase:encañonadas hasta con 600 metros de profundidad
English translation:gorged out/carved out 600 meters deep
Entered by: schmetterlich

21:41 Dec 5, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geology
Spanish term or phrase: encañonadas hasta con 600 metros de profundidad
Estas quebradas son encañonadas hasta con 600 metros de profundidad
schmetterlich
Local time: 22:42
gorged out/carved out 600 meters deep
Explanation:
these ravines are......
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Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 05:42
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4attain (spectacular) depths of up to 600 metres
Helena Chavarria
3 +1gorged out/carved out 600 meters deep
Wendy Streitparth


Discussion entries: 1





  

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
attain (spectacular) depths of up to 600 metres


Explanation:
I think "canyon" must be related to "Encañonar", and they're talking about the depth of ravines. The use of adjectives depends on the purposes of the text.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon
Helena Chavarria
Spain
Local time: 05:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: As I understand it, a quebrada is the same as a cañon.
2 mins
  -> Many thanks!
agree  James A. Walsh: My understanding too.
27 mins
  -> Many thanks!
agree  Richard Hill
1 hr
  -> Many thanks!
agree  Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
11 hrs
  -> Many thanks!
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
gorged out/carved out 600 meters deep


Explanation:
these ravines are......

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 05:42
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Gouged, not gorged!
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Phil. I knew there was something wrong with it, but couldn't figure out what. Je später der Abend.... And I actually found "gorged" in two references!
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