Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
leito encaixado
English translation:
river with steep banks
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Luiza Modesto
Dec 13, 2011 21:21
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Portuguese term
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leito encaixado
Portuguese to English
Science
Geography
Study of a region's hydrography
Can't seem to find the English term for this. It's a caption of a photo of a river. The area's hydrography is being analysed for proposals to implement an industrial plant. Thanks for your help!
"Foto 77 - Curso do rio Piracicaba a jusante das mineradoras XX e YY. Neste ponto o rio apresenta ***leito encaixado*** com grande quantidade de sedimentos."
"Foto 77 - Curso do rio Piracicaba a jusante das mineradoras XX e YY. Neste ponto o rio apresenta ***leito encaixado*** com grande quantidade de sedimentos."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | river with steep banks |
Luiza Modesto
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| 5 | boxed in river bed |
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Dec 18, 2011 20:54: Luiza Modesto Created KOG entry
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Luiza Modesto
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river with steep banks
According to this dictionary:
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I'm not sure there is a word in English for this. I found chine and gorge, but both seem much "deeper" than a "leito encaixado."
http://tinyurl.com/bs57zte
I'm not sure there is a word in English for this. I found chine and gorge, but both seem much "deeper" than a "leito encaixado."
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boxed in river bed
leito encaixado => boxed in river bed
50cm tall, glaucus leaves, no flower [IDd as Nicotiana glauca by ...
www.mgsforum.org/smf/index.php?topic=444.0
Three of four of these tall bushes grow along the edge of the boxed in dry river bed, here in Corinth. They make a nice change to the graffiti ...
Early settlers found a Shangri-La, then they drained and boxed it
www.napavalleyregister.com/.../2c5deb90-b32e-11df-8658-001c...
– The riverbed is 20 feet deeper in places than it was a half century ago. Boxed in by berms, deprived of overflow room, the water runs faster ...
50cm tall, glaucus leaves, no flower [IDd as Nicotiana glauca by ...
www.mgsforum.org/smf/index.php?topic=444.0
Three of four of these tall bushes grow along the edge of the boxed in dry river bed, here in Corinth. They make a nice change to the graffiti ...
Early settlers found a Shangri-La, then they drained and boxed it
www.napavalleyregister.com/.../2c5deb90-b32e-11df-8658-001c...
– The riverbed is 20 feet deeper in places than it was a half century ago. Boxed in by berms, deprived of overflow room, the water runs faster ...
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