Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jun 26, 2012 22:58
12 yrs ago
German term
United States
23 years in agricultural science
Native in: English (Variant: US)
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Ramblen
German to English
Science
Geology
soil types
Die hier vorkommenden Braunerden leiten ueber zu Ramblen, Borowinen und Vegen der Rheinniederung.
I assume these are all soil types, but what are the equivalents in English?
I assume these are all soil types, but what are the equivalents in English?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | fluvent entisol |
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Jul 1, 2012 17:53: Coqueiro Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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German term (edited):
Rambla (Pl. Ramblen)
Selected
fluvent entisol
A german definition:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambla_(Bodentyp)
Following the soil taxonomy of the United States Department of Agriculture (s. pp. 120, 389, 393, 406 ...)
ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/Soil_Taxonomy/tax.pdf
a Rambla can be classified as follows:
order: entisol
suborder: fluvent
ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/Soil_Orders/entisols.pdf
See also:
http://tinyurl.com/7khkg68
ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/Soil_Orders/entisols.pdf
Not to confuse with the 'Rambla series' described here (very tricky!):
https://soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/R/RAMBLA.html
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Good solution! Thanks ;-)
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambla_(Bodentyp)
Following the soil taxonomy of the United States Department of Agriculture (s. pp. 120, 389, 393, 406 ...)
ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/Soil_Taxonomy/tax.pdf
a Rambla can be classified as follows:
order: entisol
suborder: fluvent
ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/Soil_Orders/entisols.pdf
See also:
http://tinyurl.com/7khkg68
ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/Soil_Orders/entisols.pdf
Not to confuse with the 'Rambla series' described here (very tricky!):
https://soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/R/RAMBLA.html
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Note added at 4 Tage (2012-07-01 17:53:37 GMT) Post-grading
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Good solution! Thanks ;-)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks. What I think I'll do is list this and Rambla in parentheses. "
Reference comments
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Kate Collyer
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Reference:
This book contains all three terms on p25
and a gloss for at least one of them.
Note that -rambla and -vega appear in the plural.
Note that -rambla and -vega appear in the plural.
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Andres Larsen
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Reference:
Gleysols and Rambla (Fluvisol / Hyperskeletic Leptosol)
A Handbook of Soil Terminology, Correlation and Classification - books.google.com/books?isbn=1136546634...
Richard Arnold, Serghei Shoba, Pavel Krasilnikov - 2012 - Technology & Engineering - 448 pages
Technosols (Reductic) / Gleysols/ Stagnosols Only one soil type is ... following soil types are distinguished within the class: • Rambla ≈ Fluvisol / Hyperskeletic Leptosol ...
Richard Arnold, Serghei Shoba, Pavel Krasilnikov - 2012 - Technology & Engineering - 448 pages
Technosols (Reductic) / Gleysols/ Stagnosols Only one soil type is ... following soil types are distinguished within the class: • Rambla ≈ Fluvisol / Hyperskeletic Leptosol ...
Discussion
Soil classification systems in Germany and the U.S.A. are somewhat different.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodentyp
ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/Soil_Orders/histosols.pdf
http://clic.cses.vt.edu/icomanth/02-AS_Classification.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_soil_taxonomy