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rivières affluents rive gauche

English translation: two small left-bank tributaries of the Rusizi river


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05:43 Feb 3, 2011
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French term or phrase: rivières affluents rive gauche
La Kaburantwa et la Kagunuzi sont deux petites rivières affluents rive gauche de la Rusizi, qui drainent le flanc Ouest de ia crête Nil Zaïre, les collines du Mirwa. Plus à l'aval, la Rusizi se jette dans le lac Tanganyika, à l'altitude 774 m environ. La crête Nil-Zaïre culmine dans le bassin de la Kaburantwa à 2652 m (Mont Twingoni) et, plus au Sud, à 2670 m (Mont Heha). Un tiers du bassin versant de la Kaburantwa à Kabu 16 est situé au Rwanda, la rivière formant frontière avec ce pays sur une partie de son cours amont.
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English translation:two small left-bank tributaries of the Rusizi river
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should do the trick. "tributaries" from wordreference.com
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4 +7two small left-bank tributaries of the Rusizi river
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4 -1rivers affluent left shore
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
two small left-bank tributaries of the Rusizi river


Explanation:
should do the trick. "tributaries" from wordreference.com

DrAT2
Local time: 18:06
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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agree  BrigitteHilgner: Sounds good to me.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
rivers affluent left shore


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Mohamed Hosni
Local time: 20:06
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: This word order would not be natural in EN; plus 'affluent' has a more common meaning in EN (= rich), and for rivers, we talk about 'bank', not 'shore' (which is used for bodies of water like the sea or lakes)
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Field (specific)Energy / Power Generation => Geography


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