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English translation: climatic buffer zones

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Dutch term or phrase:	Klimaatbuffers
English translation:	climatic buffer zones
Entered by:	Tessa Slingerland

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09:05 Dec 4, 2006

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Dutch term or phrase: Klimaatbuffers

Climate buffers?
Climate buffer zones?
Climatic buffer zones?

Het gaat om bufferzones die zouden moeten worden aangelegd om ons te beschermen tegen overstromingen ten gevolge van zeespiegel stijging en hogere afvoer uit de rivieren. Heeft te maken met klimaatveranderingen.

Tessa Slingerland KudoZ activity Questions: 59 (none open) Answers: 4
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climatic buffer zones

Explanation:
Having checked out many of the websites using this term I think this is the most appropriate, as what we are trying to do here is buffer the effects of climate which could be expressed as climatic effects hence climatic buffer zone -

Also, the moist old-growth canopy functions as a climatic buffer and its high water-holding. capacity maintains fresh foliage and provides free water to be ..www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/ journals/pnw_1991_gillesberg001.pdf