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glacial forefields

Portuguese translation: morenas (ou moreias) terminais (ou frontais)


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English term or phrase:glacial forefields
Portuguese translation:morenas (ou moreias) terminais (ou frontais)
Entered by: Sonia Maria Parise
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14:29 Apr 4, 2010
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Science - Geology / Glaciologia
English term or phrase: glacial forefields
Não consigo encontrar um equivalente para "forefields". Podem ajudar? Obrigado.
Daniel Pestana
Portugal
Local time: 21:11
morenas (ou moreias) terminais (ou frontais)
Explanation:
sugestão baseada na wikipedia
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Sonia Maria Parise
Italy
Local time: 22:11
Grading comment
Muito obrigado colegas :-)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1morenas (ou moreias) terminais (ou frontais)
Sonia Maria Parise
4"forefields" ou "forelands" de geleiras
Marlene Curtis


  

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
morenas (ou moreias) terminais (ou frontais)


Explanation:
sugestão baseada na wikipedia


    Reference: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geleira
Sonia Maria Parise
Italy
Local time: 22:11
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Muito obrigado colegas :-)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marcelo Lino: Talvez: campo de morainas. Não estou certo, mas parece ser a região de sedimentação resultante da erosão glaciar após o recuo ou derretimento da geleira (glaciar em PT-PT), gerando vários tipos de morainas (laterais, de fundo, terminais, etc.)
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"forefields" ou "forelands" de geleiras


Explanation:
Espécie de bacia onde o gelo é formado. Em todas as referências do Google, o termo aparece em inglês, entre aspas.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_foreland

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 16:11
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 32
Notes to answerer
Asker: Muito obrigado Marlene.

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Changes made by editors
Apr 11, 2010 - Changes made by Sonia Maria Parise:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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