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upper/lower reaches

Portuguese translation: trechos superior/inferior

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English term or phrase:upper/lower reaches
Portuguese translation:trechos superior/inferior
Entered by: Cristina Pereira

09:51 Sep 4, 2006
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Environment & Ecology
English term or phrase: upper/lower reaches
The Mekong, one of the world’s great river systems, generates power in its upper reaches in China and sustains the rice production and fishery systems that support the livelihoods of more than 60 million people in the lower reaches of its basin.

Os dicionários falam em "braços" de rio, mas não sei como colocar na frase. Obrigada desde já pela ajuda
Cristina Pereira
Local time: 19:06
trechos superior/inferior
Explanation:
* Do Oxford:
reach - A continuous stretch, course, or extent. The space over which something extends or is distributed.
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Carlos Angelo
Brazil
Local time: 15:06
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3trechos superior/inferior
Carlos Angelo
4extensão/troço/curso superior, inferior
Lí­dia Kale
1 +1partes mais altas/mais baixas ou superiores/inferiores
marina hennies


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
trechos superior/inferior


Explanation:
* Do Oxford:
reach - A continuous stretch, course, or extent. The space over which something extends or is distributed.

Carlos Angelo
Brazil
Local time: 15:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 44
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  marina hennies
5 mins
agree  Cristiane Gomes
2 hrs
agree  rhandler
4 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +1
partes mais altas/mais baixas ou superiores/inferiores


Explanation:
usaria partes mais altas ou mais baixas dentro deste contexto

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Note added at 15 mins (2006-09-04 10:06:27 GMT)
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sorry, my confidence level was supposed to be 4 and not 1; I must have rolled the mouse without meaning to.

marina hennies
Brazil
Local time: 15:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carlos Angelo
3 mins
  -> thanks
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
extensão/troço/curso superior, inferior


Explanation:
Prefiro curso superior/inferior...
Ficam as sugestões :)

Lí­dia Kale
Türkiye
Local time: 21:06
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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