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English translation: river bifurcations

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09:24 Mar 17, 2010

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geography

Italian term or phrase: bisarni e piagge

Description of a painting (which I do not have) showing "Divagazioni del fiume che danno vita a bisarni e piagge"
I need help on both terms (so will post a request for piagge separately). As we are talking Tuscany, could be a local term perhaps? One might be an oxbow lake or similar?

LorraineB KudoZ activity Questions: 60 (none open) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 340
Local time: 12:09

English translation:river bifurcations

Explanation:
This is only a translation help, as I see that on this institutional website "bisarni" are river bifurcations, locally defined "bisarni".

HTH

Alessandro

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Alessandro Zocchi
Italy
Local time: 12:09

Grading comment

In the end I used both Alessandro's 'bifurcations' and Lucrezia's (secondary) 'river beds' - I am sorry I could not give everyone who answered points, as all were very pertinent!
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Summary of answers provided

3 +1

river bifurcations

Alessandro Zocchi

river beds

Lucrezia Amedeo

flood plains

elisa vitale

alluvial channels

Nerino

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bisarno

Jim Tucker

Discussion entries: 1

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13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

river bifurcations

Explanation:
This is only a translation help, as I see that on this institutional website "bisarni" are river bifurcations, locally defined "bisarni".

HTH

Alessandro

Reference: http://www.comune.sesto-fiorentino.fi.it/Engine/RAServePG.ph...

Alessandro Zocchi
Italy
Local time: 12:09
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

In the end I used both Alessandro's 'bifurcations' and Lucrezia's (secondary) 'river beds' - I am sorry I could not give everyone who answered points, as all were very pertinent!

Notes to answerer

Asker: thanks, very helpful, as all the posts here have been!

11 mins confidence:

flood plains

Explanation:
sono alvei di straripamento, o doppi alvei
si creano per via di alluvioni o variazioni nella portata dei corsi d'acqua
'bisarni' era anticamente usato in toscana, credo inr elazione al fatto che vi scorra l'Arno

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Note added at 13 min (2010-03-17 09:38:48 GMT)
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scusa, ho dimenticato questo link. si può scrivere floodplain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floodplain

Reference: http://www.comune.sesto-fiorentino.fi.it/Engine/RAServePG.ph...

elisa vitale
Local time: 12:09
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian

Notes to answerer

Asker: thanks for very helpful references. It will be tough to choose from all these excellent answers!

30 mins confidence:

bisarni alluvial channels

Explanation:
Che siano questi?

http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q="alluvial channels"&meta...

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Note added at 35 min (2010-03-17 10:00:09 GMT)
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Oppure "alluvial streams" o "alluvial stream channels".

http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q="alluvial stream channel...

http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q="alluvial streams"&meta=...

Nerino
Local time: 12:09
Native speaker of:

Italian

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks, another excellent answer

53 mins confidence:

river beds

Explanation:
bisarni = alvei = river beds

L'Arno spagliavo le sue acque e formava dei lunghi e larghi guadi e dei doppi alvei o bisarni.
http://books.google.it/books?id=IGw5AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA561&lpg=PA...

Il fiume Bisarno prende il nome dai doppi alvei (bisarni)
http://books.google.it/books?id=MB9LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA364&lpg=PA...

Lucrezia Amedeo
Italy
Local time: 12:09
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: thanks Lucrezia. Love these ancient books you managed to access!

Reference comments

1 hr

Reference: bisarno

Reference information:
un ramo fluviale abbandonato (il bisarno)

Reference: http://www.archeofirenze.unisi.it/scavi/castellani11a.html

Jim Tucker
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of: English

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