English: boulderSpanish translation: galga/peñasco/piedra grande 
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Science - Geography / Geology | | English term or phrase: boulder | | Textbook for 6th graders in the US. "As a river runs down a mountainside, the moving water picks up sand, pebbles, and even boulders." I thought the translation was canto rodado, but I'm not sure anymore. Answers.com says the diameter of a boulder exceeds 256 mm. Wikipedia Spanish says grava has a diameter of 2mm to 6cm and that the diameter of a canto rodado ranges between 6 and 25 cm. |
| | | galga/peñasco/piedra grande | Explanation:
boulder
s. roca grande redonda, cantal, canto rodado, galga, peña, peñasco, piedra grande
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Gracias Marsha. Muchas cosas buenas en el Nuevo Año para ti y los tuyos! |
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 Lydia De Jorge
United States
| Note from asker to answererLas contribuciones de todos me parecieron muy ilustrativas. Usaré 'piedra grande' por ser un término más neutro que queda bien en la oración. Gracias.
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| desprendimiento
Explanation:
La palabra inglesa "boulder" puede significar roca grande, etc. pero tambien puede referirse a las piedras que se destacan de las rocas, y en ese caso se trata de trozos de piedra de tamano no tan grande.
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| guijarros
Explanation:
Muy usado en AL. Piedras redonas. Aunque no son necesariamente grandes
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Segun http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canto_rodado
Un canto rodado es un guijarro o fragmento de roca suelto, susceptible de ser transportado por medios naturales —como las corrientes de agua, los corrimientos de tierra, etc—. Aunque no se hace distinción de forma, en general, un canto rodado adquiere una morfología más o menos redondeada, sub-redondeada u oblonga, sin aristas y con la superficie lisa, debido al desgaste sufrido por los procesos erosivos, generalmente causados por la corrasión, a corrientes de agua (erosión hídrica) o al viento (erosión eólica).
| apantonio
United States
Native speaker of:  Dutch, Spanish
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| pedrusco, canto rodado
Explanation:
boulder
a. A detached rock mass larger than a cobble, having a diameter greater
than 10 in (25.4 cm) or 8 phi units, or about the size of a volleyball,
being somewhat rounded or otherwise distinctively shaped by abrasion in
the course of transport; the largest rock fragment recognized by
sedimentologists. In Great Britain, the limiting size of 8 in (20.3 cm)
has been used. AGI
b. See:boulder stone
c. A general term for any rock that is too heavy to be lifted readily by
hand. Also spelled bowlder. AGI
U.S. Bureau of Mines Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms .
| caere
Italy
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:  Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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| callao
Explanation:
I found 55,500 examples of texts containing "callao" and "boulder".
Here is a glossary entry for "boulder":
English ***boulder*** A rock 250 mm - 1 m in its longest diameter, usually rounded; larger than a cobble and smaller than a block. cobble
block
Spanish ***callao*** Roca, generalmente redondeada, de diámetro máximo comprendido entre 250 mm y 1 m; mayor que un canto rodado y menor que un bloque.
Reference: http://www.fishbase.org/glossary/Glossary.cfm?TermEnglish=bo...
| Deborah Lockett
Spain
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
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| galga/peñasco/piedra grande
Explanation:
boulder
s. roca grande redonda, cantal, canto rodado, galga, peña, peñasco, piedra grande
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Gracias Marsha. Muchas cosas buenas en el Nuevo Año para ti y los tuyos!
| Lydia De Jorge
United States
Native speaker of: Spanish, English
PRO pts in category: 12
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| Note from asker to answerer| Las contribuciones de todos me parecieron muy ilustrativas. Usaré 'piedra grande' por ser un término más neutro que queda bien en la oración. Gracias. |
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