Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Remontée de nappe

English translation:

Rise in the water table

Added to glossary by Nina Iordache
Jun 2, 2009 16:14
14 yrs ago
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French term

Remontée de nappe

French to English Other Geology disasters, natural risks
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Change log

Jun 2, 2009 16:38: Emanuela Galdelli changed "Term asked" from "Remontee de nappe" to "Remontée de nappe"

Jun 7, 2009 08:55: Nina Iordache changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/576816">Nina Iordache's</a> old entry - "Remontée de nappe"" to ""Rise in the water table""

Jun 7, 2009 10:21: Nina Iordache changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/576816">Nina Iordache's</a> old entry - "Remontée de nappe"" to ""Rise in the water table""

Proposed translations

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12 mins
French term (edited): Remontee de nappe
Selected

Rise in the water table

"The UK Groundwater Forum
Increased infiltration and a rise in the water table may result in more water flowing into rivers which may then be more likely to break their banks. ..."
www.groundwateruk.org/html/faq3.htm
Note from asker:
Yes, this is it, thank you!
Peer comment(s):

agree liz askew
18 mins
Thanks liz
agree Bourth (X) : Though if a deliberate act it might be "groundwater raising" or "recharge", cf "gw lowering"./Raising the water level could potentially be a means of combatting a risk engendered by a drop in the level (all that shrinking clay, etc.)
28 mins
Thanks Bourth, the category is "natural risks".
agree Guy Bray
8 hrs
agree cjohnstone
1 day 16 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much for your answer!"
6 mins
French term (edited): Remontee de nappe

ground water rise

Peer comment(s):

neutral Guy Bray : one possible translation
8 hrs
thanks
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10 mins
French term (edited): Remontee de nappe

rise of the water table

:-)
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