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English: barrier beaches

Portuguese translation: praias de barra







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English term or phrase:barrier beaches
Portuguese translation:praias de barra
Entered by:Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
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Tech/Engineering - Environment & Ecology
English term or phrase: barrier beaches
Coastal erosion caused by wind and wave energy is a natural geological process and is the primary source of sand and cobble for our beaches, dunes, and barrier beaches.
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Brazil
praias de barra
Explanation:
ou de barreira
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Erika McGovern
United States
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4 +2praias de barra
Erika McGovern
4praias-barreiraVepalm


  

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praias de barra

Explanation:
ou de barreira


    Reference: http://www.unb.br/ig/glossario/verbete/praia_de_barreira.htm
Erika McGovern
United States
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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praias-barreira

Explanation:
Em textos do Brasil também é designada por: "barreiras" ou "cordões litorâneos".


    Reference: http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:iJywQUrcjEYJ:www.spu.plan...
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Portugal
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