Feb 17, 2016 15:01
8 yrs ago
Spanish term

sin relieves

Spanish to English Science Geography Mexico
En cuanto al área de proyecto, ésta se ubica en la topoforma de llanuras; el área es plana sin relieves o pendientes topográficas significativas.
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Discussion

philgoddard Feb 17, 2016:
"Plana sin relieves" is actually a tautology, so you could just say "flat".

Proposed translations

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without relief

my take

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Note added at 5 mins (2016-02-17 15:06:46 GMT)
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http://geography.about.com/od/geographyglossaryr/g/ggrelief....
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : Featureless is fine too.
16 mins
agree Robert Carter
1 hr
agree Kim Edwards-Buarque
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featureless

plain, lowland
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+1
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with no outstanding features

"... the area is flat with no (significant) outstanding topographic features or slopes."
I don't think the sentence needs both adjectives (significant + outstanding).

Relief: the elevations or inequalities of a land surface
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agree franglish
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3 hrs

with no elevations

To avoid the possible confusion without relief!
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2 days 8 hrs

without much topographic relief

I think there are some terms here that have more than one definition; we should look to the context for guidance on which definition is in play at any given point.
One example is "plano/a". In the context of geometry, it means "flat"; about the same for a tabletop or an ice skating rink. But in terms of geography, a "plain" is an area with a relatively flat surface, as you can see if you've been in the Great Plains of the US, or the Prairies of Canada - they're certainly very (relatively) flat compared to the Rocky Mountains at their west edge, but they are far from tabletop flat, crisscrossed with small to large streams & rivers, cut by gullies & coulees, & with occasional hills. Again, "featureless" is probably not appropriate; people who live in these places are quite able to find their way around, using landmarks & other features that differentiate one subarea from another. If there are no other features, there will be local variations in the distribution of vegetation, maybe with trees & shrubs along stream channels & near springs, grasses elsewhere, depending on soil type, etc.
I said "topographic relief" because "relief" by itself has many other meanings, & might not be clear here.
"Relief or topographic relief describes the amount of topographic change within a particular area. Another way to look at relief is the difference between the highest point and the lowest point in a given area." - https://lodore.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/topographic-relief/
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