bassins versants
English translation: catchments
| 10:27 Jun 19, 2007 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Geography / AID AGENCY CALL FOR FUNDING environment related | |||||||
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| 4 +7 | catchments |
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| 4 +1 | drainage basins |
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| 4 | hydrological basin |
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| 3 | upstream |
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27 mins confidence: 
upstream Explanation: Personally I don't think it needs a 'technical term' - why not just 'river basins' or even just 'upstream' in opposition to the coastal regions just talked about. |
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26 mins confidence:
hydrological basin Explanation: or catchment basin, but not mountainside basin ; -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 36 mins (2007-06-19 11:04:10 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- watershed is used in this example from environnement Canada http://www.ec.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=714D9AAE-1&news=D9... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 38 mins (2007-06-19 11:05:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.ec.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=Fr&n=714D9AAE-1&news=D9... You can find many things on the Green Lane |
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52 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1drainage basins Explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drainage_basin This is exactly what you've got, methinks. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 53 mins (2007-06-19 11:21:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- This term turns the French around - instead of pouring into a river (versant < verser), the river is draining them. Hard to get a more equivalent term. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 56 mins (2007-06-19 11:24:20 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Very relevant: ... following logging in the drainage basins of three boreal forest lakes in ... Comme autres effets du déboisement du bassin versant de ces lacs, ... http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cgi-bin/rp/rp2_abst_e?cjfas_f03-0... Comes with CNRS approval (!): Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords Asia ; India ; topography ; land cover ; relief ; runoff ; rainfall ; atmospheric precipitation ; methodology ; reservoirs ; sediments ; circulation ; soil erosion ; ***drainage basins*** ; export ; geographic information systems ; sediment yield ; time variations ; Rajasthan India ; Mots-clés français / French Keywords Asie ; Inde ; Hydroclimatologie ; Discrétisation ; Système intégré ; Estimation ; Jharkhand ; Topographie ; Occupation sol ; Relief ; Ruissellement ; Pluie ; Précipitation atmosphérique ; Méthodologie ; Réservoir ; Sédiment ; Circulation ; Erosion sol ; ***Bassin versant*** ; Exportation ; Système information géographique ; Production sédiment ; Variation temporelle ; Rajasthan ; http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=13958394 |
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21 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +7
peer agreement (net): +7catchments Explanation: quite simply, in BE at least. In AE they tend to say "watershed". bassin (versant) basin (en général), watershed (avec l'idée de contour - américain), catchment (avec l'idée de surface réceptrice), drainage basin Dcit. français d'hydrologie de surface, M.F. Roche catchment area - IN British usage the term refers to the total area from which a single river collects surface runoff. In the USA the term 'watershed' is used in this context, and the term 'catchment area' is reserved to describe both the intake area and all areas which contribute surface water to the intake area of an aquifer. In the UK the term 'catchment area' has been used loosely by river authorities that are responsible for water supply, drainage, and flood control, since the statutory boundaries of their catchment boards sometimes extend beyond a single river basin. [Penguin Dict. of Phys. Geography] -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 50 mins (2007-06-19 11:18:27 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I think you really do need the proper term. Deforestation of river catchments results in more water cascading down hillsides because the trees are not there to stop it and absorb it, and results in erosion, causing irreversible damage to the land and also carrying sediment out to the sea, with possible consquences on aquatic life in the rivers and coastal waters. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 51 mins (2007-06-19 11:19:19 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- IOW, it does not relate "just to water", but to the effects that water has on the physical environment. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2007-06-19 11:30:17 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- A study of deforestation's impact on soil properties, infiltration and erosion, and change in rainfall pattern in Lake Nakuru catchment, Kenya. ... www.cababstractsplus.org/google/abstract.asp?AcNo=200432029... northeast England, points to two periods of deforestation and catchment erosion. ... Partial estimates of catchment erosion rates are presented, ... www.ingentaconnect.com/.../sage/hol/2003/00000013/00000005/... Modelling soil erosion in the Drāa catchment (South ... to overgrazing and deforestation the vegetation density has been strongly reduced. ... www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU05/06648/EGU05-J-06648.pdf The present-day rate of soil loss in the Upper Mahaweli catchment, Sri Lanka, ... The acceleration of erosion by deforestation and agricultural development ... geology.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/full/31/7/597 The increasing demand for land for agriculture [in Grenada] has resulted in many small farmers entering forested areas and clearing lands for small farming. Such encroachments result in deforestation, soil erosion and pollution of streams, rivers and coastal waters, with a consequent decrease in volumes of fresh water sources. There are insufficient water storage facilities to harness water lost during the rainy season. In the case of water used for irrigation, there is some indecision as to the price that farmers should be charged. http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/004/Y1717E/y1717e11.htm Changes in the catchment area like agriculture, urbanisation and deforestation have. changed the erosion patterns and sediment supply; ... www.cs.iia.cnr.it/EUROCAT/publications/EuroCatSummary.pdf |
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