French: reliefs escarpésEnglish translation: steep contours 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | reliefs escarpés | | English translation: | steep contours | | Entered by: | B D Finch |
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Geography | | French term or phrase: reliefs escarpés | | Le GMHM (GROUPE MILITAIRE DE HAUTE MONTAGNE) a pour mission d’occuper, au profit de l’armée de terre, le créneau de la maîtrise par l’homme des conditions physiques et climatiques extrêmes en milieu montagneux (reliefs escarpés sous toutes les latitudes et haute montagne glaciaire) et en régions froides, notamment arctiques et antarctiques. |
| | | steep contours | Explanation:
e.g. this mountain rescue report (link to BBC report below) "We ' re talking about very steep contours . It was very dangerous especially with the weather conditions . The mountain rescue did a great job . "
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-07-12 14:31:02 GMT)
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Hill walkers, mountaineers and the military will tend to refer to how things look on maps and contours refers both to the actual landscape and to the contour lines on the map. |
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| steep landscapes/topography
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Hawk Mountain homepageThe Hawk Mountain's Landscape. A forest reserve. Hawk Mountain is part of the ... Hawk Mountain's steep complex topography shapes its natural communities. ...
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Mountain PeoplesMountain peoples have learned to live in steep, isolated, and sometimes dangerous landscapes. They speak many different languages, and follow many different ...
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Paul Furman, landscape architectThe best opportunity I see for these "urban wilderness" gardens is in the out lying parts of our landscape such as steep inaccessible slopes, road sides, ...
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| steep contours
Explanation:
e.g. this mountain rescue report (link to BBC report below) "We ' re talking about very steep contours . It was very dangerous especially with the weather conditions . The mountain rescue did a great job . "
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-07-12 14:31:02 GMT)
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Hill walkers, mountaineers and the military will tend to refer to how things look on maps and contours refers both to the actual landscape and to the contour lines on the map.
www.news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/ uk/wales/newsid_2014000/2014067.stm
www.devon.gov.uk/index/your_council/decision_making/ cma/cma_report.htm?cmadoc=report_ed04139hq.html
| B D Finch
France
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