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Süßwasserwatt

English translation: freshwater tidal marsh


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German term or phrase:Süßwasserwatt
English translation:freshwater tidal marsh
Entered by: Marianne Hartz-Poseck
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15:35 Oct 14, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Geography
German term or phrase: Süßwasserwatt
Es geht noch einmal um die Elbe bei Hamburg:

"An der Bunthäuser Spitze (Wilhelmsburg) teilt sich die Elbe für etwa 15 km in die Norder- und die Süberelbe auf. Einer der letzten Tideauenwälder Europas und ein Süßwasserwatt, das Naturschutzgebiet Heukenlock, befindet sich hier."
Marianne Hartz-Poseck
Germany
Local time: 03:04
freshwater tidal marsh / freshwater marsh
Explanation:
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/219794/freshwater-tidal-marsh
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EdithK
Local time: 03:04
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Vielen Dank an Euch!
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3 +6freshwater tidal marsh / freshwater marshEdithK
3freshwater mud flat
NO-EN-DE


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
freshwater mud flat


Explanation:
As a suggestion:o)

NO-EN-DE
Norway
Local time: 03:04
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
freshwater tidal marsh / freshwater marsh


Explanation:
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/219794/freshwater-tidal-marsh


    Reference: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/219794/freshwater-...
EdithK
Local time: 03:04
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11
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Vielen Dank an Euch!
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Asker: Danke, Edith!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lingua.Franca: it's what I would have answered.
23 mins

agree  mbrodie
1 hr

agree  hazmatgerman: Always with "tidal", as ebb/tide are a vital component of this unique ecosystem.
15 hrs

agree  kriddl
18 hrs

agree  Craig Meulen: w/hazmat
19 hrs

agree  Rebecca Garber: w/hazmat and Craig
21 hrs
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