Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
galloping swamp
French translation:
zones à inondation soudaine, zones rapidement recouvertes
Added to glossary by
Arno
Dec 17, 2003 14:09
20 yrs ago
English term
galloping swamp
English to French
Science
The Island supports three main types of natural vegetation: mangrove, freshwater swamp forest and dryland rain forest. The freshwater swamp forest includes areas of "galloping swamp", which has dry-land rain forest on the drier ridges and swamp forest in between.
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cjohnstone
France
France
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France
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zones à inondation soudaine, zones rapidement recouvertes
sure of the meaning, seen it before... means areas that get covered in water very suddenly for relatively short periods of time
my french for is probably not perfect but could do or help!!!
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Note added at 35 mins (2003-12-17 14:45:08 GMT)
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read my French for this
my french for is probably not perfect but could do or help!!!
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Note added at 35 mins (2003-12-17 14:45:08 GMT)
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read my French for this
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zones fréquemment/régulièrement immergées
ou inondables ; pas la peine de repréciser "marécage" qui figure déjà 2 x dans la phrase.
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Jean-Luc Dumont
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France
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la forêt marécageuse d'eau douce comprend des zones de marais inondable
voir ce lien
http://www.guadeloupe-grandculdesac.com/abymes_cd.html#f-M
marais d’eau douce
terre humide inondée périodiquement par des eaux douces calmes ou qui se déplacent lentement et qui est de ce fait riche en nutriments.
marécage
terre humide où le sol est saturé et souvent inondé d’eau et où les arbres sont la couverture végétale dominante
Glossaire - [ Translate this page ]
... Marais inondables, ils constituent un véritable vase d'expansion pour les crues
provoquées par l'afflux considérable des eaux du *bassin versant en période ...
membres.lycos.fr/coordmarais/GLOSSAIRE.htm - 26k - Cached - Similar pages
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