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nappe

English translation: layer, sheet; nappe alluvial=alluvial layer (not neccessarily involving water or aquifer)

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French term or phrase:nappe
English translation:layer, sheet; nappe alluvial=alluvial layer (not neccessarily involving water or aquifer)
Entered by: D.K. Tannwitz

17:34 Jun 28, 2015
French to English translations [PRO]
Geology / Gebirgslandschaft
French term or phrase: nappe
• presence of d’une nappe alluviale en aval potentiellement and indirect vulnerable ;
D.K. Tannwitz
Germany
Local time: 23:13
layer, sheet; nappe alluvial=alluvial layer (not neccessarily involving water or aquifer)
Explanation:
From the context, it should mean a downstream alluvial layer (sheet, stratum), not necessarily concerning any watertable or aquifer.

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nappe phreatique means ground water. Pappe itself does not connote any meaning of water or aquifer.

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Sorry, typo error. It shall read: Nappe itself does not connote any meaning of water or aquifer.
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loveli307
China
Local time: 05:13
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1Alluvial aquifer
Drmanu49
4 +1alluvial water table
Anca Florescu-Mitchell
1 +3(alluvial) aquifer (downstream) / (alluvial) sheet / (alluvial) deposit
andres-larsen
4 -2layer, sheet; nappe alluvial=alluvial layer (not neccessarily involving water or aquifer)
loveli307
Summary of reference entries provided
Agence de l'eau : Rhône, Medeterrannée, Corse (et. public de l'Etat)
Nikki Scott-Despaigne

Discussion entries: 1





  

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +3
(alluvial) aquifer (downstream) / (alluvial) sheet / (alluvial) deposit


Explanation:
alluvial aquifer (downstream) / (alluvial) sheet / (alluvial) deposit

sources:

Over-exploitation of an alluvial aquifer in Gujarat, India
www.tandfonline.com › List of Issues › Table Of Contents
NB KAVALANEKAR - ‎1992 -
Dec 29, 2009 - Over-exploitation of an alluvial aquifer in Gujarat, India. Surexploitation d'une nappe alluviale à Gujarat en Inde. Download full text. Full access.

Modélisation d'une recharge effective de nappe alluviale en ...
adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989JAfES...9..317J
A Joseph - ‎1989 - ‎
Modélisation d'une recharge effective de nappe alluviale en région ... Niger Modeling of the effective recharge of an alluvial aquifer in desert area: case study of ...

Quantification of water exchange between a hill reservoir ...
www.researchgate.net/.../53e9eba60cf2fb1b9b674497...
O Grünberger - ‎
et (ii) que la ***nappe alluviale aval*** a la composition isotopique d'une eau de la retenue anciennement ..... The ***alluvial aquifer downstream*** of the reservoir, late-.

Dictionnaire des Science... - Page 16 -
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=271081109X -
Magdeleine Moureau, ‎Gerald Brace
... masquant les irrégularité du substratum. alluvial aquifer: aquifère alluvial, ... alluvial, ***alluvial sheet: nappe alluviale***, formation alluviale mince recouvrant le ...

Alluvial sheet | Glossaire sur l'eau et les milieux aquatiques
www.glossaire.eaufrance.fr/en/concept/alluvial-sheet
Alluvial sheet. Volume of groundwater * contained in alluvial soils, usually unconfined and often in relation ... Translations : Nappe alluviale [fr], Capa aluvial [es].

Nappe intra-flandrienne > Flandrian alluvial deposit
www.proz.com › KudoZ home › French to English › Geology
Feb 10, 2012 - Deux aquifères sont présents : Nappe alluviale intra-flandrienne captive ... An Upper Pleistocene Stepped Alluvial Sheet in Delémont Valley ...

andres-larsen
Venezuela
Local time: 17:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chakib Roula
11 mins
agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: alluvial sheet
6 hrs
agree  Philippe Barré
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Alluvial aquifer


Explanation:
Alluvial Aquifers - Geoscience Australia
www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/.../alluvial-aquifers
Traduire cette page
Alluvial aquifer from ground view showing shallow water and rocks surrounded by trees. ... Alluvial deposits are sediments composed of gravel, sand, silt or clay ...

Drmanu49
France
Local time: 23:13
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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agree  B D Finch
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
layer, sheet; nappe alluvial=alluvial layer (not neccessarily involving water or aquifer)


Explanation:
From the context, it should mean a downstream alluvial layer (sheet, stratum), not necessarily concerning any watertable or aquifer.

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Note added at 8 hrs (2015-06-29 02:11:27 GMT)
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nappe phreatique means ground water. Pappe itself does not connote any meaning of water or aquifer.

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Note added at 8 hrs (2015-06-29 02:13:33 GMT)
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Sorry, typo error. It shall read: Nappe itself does not connote any meaning of water or aquifer.

loveli307
China
Local time: 05:13
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Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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Grading comment
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  B D Finch: http://www.eaurmc.fr/pedageau/les-milieux-aquatiques/les-eau...
12 hrs
disagree  Drmanu49: Same comment
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
alluvial water table


Explanation:
or even alluvial, depending upon your context

see, e.g.

https://www.fort.usgs.gov/publication/3838


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Sorry, I meant alluvial groundwater in the explanation!

Anca Florescu-Mitchell
France
Local time: 23:13
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish

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Reference comments


6 hrs
Reference: Agence de l'eau : Rhône, Medeterrannée, Corse (et. public de l'Etat)

Reference information:
Is this alluvial groundwater? Alluvial water table? Is there a difference? Unfortunately we are lacking context for your extract. If you have a diagram, or something which matches it and then you can find sometihng similar on Google images, perhaps we could start to find similar EN sources. Without more context, I dare not make a suugestion, but here are some sources that may help.


http://www.eaurmc.fr/pedageau/les-milieux-aquatiques/les-eau...

Les différentes nappes d'eau souterraines.

2) Les nappes alluviales : Contenue dans les grands épandages de sables, graviers et galets des fleuves et des rivières, la nappe alluviale est le lieu privilégié des échanges avec les cours d'eau et les zones humides. Ce type de nappe peut être réalimenté par les crues et restituer à l'inverse de l'eau dans le cours d'eau en période de sécheresse.
Ces nappes fournissent 60% des eaux souterraines captées en France, en particulier grâce à leur facilité d'accés et leur bonne productivité.

http://www.eaurmc.fr/pedageau/glossaire/lettre/N.html

Nappes alluviales
Contenue dans les grands épandages de sables, graviers et galets des fleuves et des rivières, la nappe alluviale est le lieu privilégié des échanges avec les cours d'eau et les zones humides. Ce type de nappe peut être réalimenté par les crues et restituer à l'inverse de l'eau dans le cours d'eau en période de sècheresse.
Ces nappes fournissent 60 % des eaux souterraines captées en France, en particulier grâce à leur facilité d'accès et leur bonne productivité.


http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=845...


nappe alluviale

Domaine
géographie > géomorphologie
Auteur
Conseil international de la langue française, 1979
Définition
Formation alluviale mince recouvrant le substratum d'une basse-plaine, d'une terrasse, d'un glacis.
Terme
nappe alluviale n. f.
Anglais
Haut de la page
Auteur
Conseil international de la langue française, 1979
Terme
alluvial sheet


http://www.ades.eaufrance.fr/Spip.aspx?page=spip.php?rubriqu...

les nappes alluviales, volumes d’eau souterraine contenus dans des terrains alluviaux, en général libres et en relation avec un cours d’eau,


http://www.ades.eaufrance.fr/Spip.aspx?page=spip.php?rubriqu...

Alluvial Groundwater Body

Volume of groundwater contained in alluvial areas, generally unconfined and often connected to a waterway.




Also:

http://www.kgs.ku.edu/HighPlains/atlas/aptyp.htm





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ANd to compare if you have adiagram:

http://www.lanl.gov/projects/envplan/clean/waters/index.php?...



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This may be useful too :

http://www.s479106927.onlinehome.fr/index.php/en/water-res

Here the diagram is in French and the term "alluvial sheet" seems to be preferred.

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http://www.glossaire.eaufrance.fr/concept/nappe-alluviale

Nappe alluviale

Volume d'eau souterraine contenu dans des terrains alluviaux, en général libre et souvent en relation avec un cours d'eau.
Source: d'après BRGM
Autres termes utiles à la compréhension : Nappe d'eau souterraine.
Thématiques associées : Eaux souterraines.
Dernière modification de la version en ligne : 27/06/2013
Traductions : Alluvial sheet [en], Capa aluvial [es]



And in this Dictionnaire du pétrole et autres sources d'énergie :
https://books.google.fr/books?

id=tmKPXhfkzgMC&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=%22alluvial+sheet%22&source=bl&ots=DCIwqnRuFL&sig=HcnFTGf6i243Wz4UgexMBfIYojM&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=qIyQVbfOOofXU_CmvZgB&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22alluvial%20sheet%22&f=false


And same thing in this Dictionnaire bilingue des sciences de la terre :

https://books.google.fr/books?id=Dck-AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA432&lpg=P...

Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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