contraforte divisor de águas

English translation: watershed divide

21:35 Jul 9, 2014
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Art/Literary - Architecture / planejamento urbano
Portuguese term or phrase: contraforte divisor de águas
... optaram pela abertura do novo caminho por um contraforte divisor de águas entre os vales do Rio ... e do Rio .....
Maria Cristina Vasconcelos
Brazil
Local time: 23:52
English translation:watershed divide
Explanation:
Na verdade este contraforte não é um contraforte propriamente dito, ou seja, um "retaining wall", mas sim algo natural, e é sinônimo de apenas "divisor de águas".
http://aulete.uol.com.br/contraforte

Em inglês, watershed divide

http://www.oldhamcounty.net/curry_fork/watershed_Glossary.ht...

http://professoralexeinowatzki.webnode.com.br/hidrologia/bac...
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Joao Marcelo Trovao
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4 +2watershed divide
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3dividing buttress
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dividing buttress


Explanation:
dividing buttress

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watershed divide


Explanation:
Na verdade este contraforte não é um contraforte propriamente dito, ou seja, um "retaining wall", mas sim algo natural, e é sinônimo de apenas "divisor de águas".
http://aulete.uol.com.br/contraforte

Em inglês, watershed divide

http://www.oldhamcounty.net/curry_fork/watershed_Glossary.ht...

http://professoralexeinowatzki.webnode.com.br/hidrologia/bac...

Joao Marcelo Trovao
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Local time: 23:52
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Reference information:
Espero que ajude um pouco:
http://www.infopedia.pt/portugues-ingles/contraforte
http://www.infopedia.pt/portugues-ingles/divisor

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
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