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alveo inciso

English translation: incised river bed


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14:07 May 14, 2008
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geography / Rivers
Italian term or phrase: alveo inciso
diversità morfologica dell’alveo (diritto, sinuoso, inciso, ampio, pensile, etc)
Graham Clarke
Local time: 11:08
English translation:incised river bed
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Emma Drew
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4 +2incised river bed
Emma Drew
4incised (river) channel
Simon Sobrero


  

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incised river bed


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Emma Drew
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5 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
incised (river) channel


Explanation:
more commonly used in morphology; also more hits on Google.

Example sentence(s):
  • The second alternative is the construction of psuedo-floodplains within the incised channel margin.
Simon Sobrero
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