water stress / water scarcity / water barrier
French translation: penurie d'eau
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|  Selected response from: Suzanne Bernard Local time: 18:09 | |||
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| 5 +1 | pénurie d'eau et stress hydrique |
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| 5 | stress hydrique/pEnurie d'eau/aqua barrier |
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| 4 | force exercée par l'eau / pénurie d'eau / arrêt-barrage à eau |
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| 4 | agression par l'eau - pénurie d'eau, barrières de l'eau |
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force exercée par l'eau / pénurie d'eau / arrêt-barrage à eau Explanation: I'm not sure wether these will fit in your context, but here is what I found: Domaine(s) : eau 1 / 1 hydrologie water stress force exercée par l'eau [1990] Domaine(s) : eau 1 / 1 gestion et technologie de l'eau water scarcity pénurie d'eau [Office de la langue française, 1987] Domaine(s) : sécurité 1 / 1 sécurité du travail water barrier arrêt-barrage à eau [1976] Reference: http://www.grandddictionnaire.com |
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agression par l'eau - pénurie d'eau, barrières de l'eau Explanation: débordement de l'eau - manque d'eau - obstacles pour l'eau. All depends on what is meant. Those a a few possibilities, not based on water management, but on water preservation. |
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peer agreement (net): +1pénurie d'eau et stress hydrique Explanation: water scarcity=pénurie d'eau = manque d'eau water stress= stress hydrique moins sure pour "water barrier= digue de rétention d'eau peut être?? voir les url ci dessous Reference: http://www.edpsciences.org/articles/inra-agro/abs/2000/01/A0... Reference: http://www.bookmark-it.co.uk/KL00027.HTM |
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stress hydrique/pEnurie d'eau/aqua barrier Explanation: 1.Crop water Index (CWSI)[stress hydrique]; According to water stress the crop signals the need for irrigation. 2. water barrier [aqua barrier] control the flood for the security of the environment. Also, water barrier is an index related to the properties of some corn-proteins based materials from thermoplastic resins. 3. water scarcity [pEnurie d'eau] is related to the scarcity of water in the environment, especially forcasting the years 2035. *E= indicates the accented letter Best regards, SCOALB |
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