French: grands ensembles du relief (de la Terre)English translation: major regions/mountain systems 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | grands ensembles du relief (de la Terre) | | English translation: | major regions/mountain systems | | Entered by: | French Foodie |
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Social Sciences - Geography / maps | | French term or phrase: grands ensembles du relief (de la Terre) | This is the title of a map in a highschool textbook. I'm wondering if simply "Physical Map of the World" will do, or if there is a more technical term for "grands ensembles". I've been wallowing in maps and atlases, and can't find an equivalent.
Many thanks to any geography buffs out there :-) |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseFrench Foodie: 11:01am Sep 30, 2005: thanks for your help! I should mention that it is a map of the world colour-coded by oceans and seas, plains, plateaus, mountains, inlandsis.
French Foodie: 11:04am Sep 30, 2005: Thanks Sue, I think that could work well:
3-D World Map
Now children can see the topographical features of the World from the Great
Dividing Range to the Andes to the Himalayas and watch Geography come to life! ...
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French Foodie: 2:37pm Oct 1, 2005: Jane, I like the sound of land mass, but I'm still not 100% sure after reading this about Asia:
La masse compacte de ce continent s'articule sur deux grands ensembles qui déterminent sa morphologie: au centre, le «bouclier de l'Angara», socle massif archéen; au Sud la chaîne de l'Himalaya.
Makes it sound like a land mass can have several "grands ensembles"...
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Dr Sue Levy
Luxembourg
| Note from asker to answererWhile I think technically "regions" is correct for grands ensembles, points go to Sue for the most helpful answer. In the end, this is what I used for the title of the map. I felt the French title didn't accurately reflect grands ensembles", since the legend included smaller, very specific things like lakes, small island groupings, capes, etc. A more general title was more appropriate.
I have entered the correct term for the glossary, however.
Many thanks to all!
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