English translation: permanently flooded freshwater pool / ullal
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12:35 Mar 13, 2010
Catalan to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / Hidrologia
Catalan term or phrase:ullal
ELS ULLALS
Ullals: Típica nota característica de la nostra hidrologia comarcal la constitueixen els geològicament anomenats ullals, espècie de bassa natural o forat per on brolla l'aigua quasi sense insinuar-se amb cap moviment aparent, en territori pla, sobre tot d'aluvió. Des de la planúria de Campredó, fins al mar n' hi ha de nombrosos, algun de profunditat poc menys que insondable. Aquest el volia sondejar el Rd.Mn Solé, Pbr (Reverenc Mossén Solé, Presbíter), cap a finals del segle XIX, sense que poguès arribar al seu fons una pedra regular lligada a l'extrem d'un cordell llarguíssim.
Explanation: I found the following in an EU document:
...This project does also focus on natural freshwater sources, locally known as “ullals”, which used to hold the richest species assemblages in the past. Cladium mariscus fens surround these sources, but these priority habitat do also harbour the best populations of the Annex II plant species Kosteletzkya pentacarpa in Western Europe.
Project Objectives
This LIFE project aims at recovering the two most important permanently flooded freshwater pools within the lagoon, known as “Ullal de Baldoví” and “Ullal dels Sants”.
Explanation: I found the following in an EU document:
...This project does also focus on natural freshwater sources, locally known as “ullals”, which used to hold the richest species assemblages in the past. Cladium mariscus fens surround these sources, but these priority habitat do also harbour the best populations of the Annex II plant species Kosteletzkya pentacarpa in Western Europe.
Project Objectives
This LIFE project aims at recovering the two most important permanently flooded freshwater pools within the lagoon, known as “Ullal de Baldoví” and “Ullal dels Sants”.
Asker: Bien, pero, ya tenemos "springs" en el texto: "... proximity to the surface of the phreatic stratum has favoured a better use of springs, ullals and wells, both for irrigation and supply for settlements."
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