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Geography | | Italian term or phrase: basso | I've found several translations, such as lower or southern, but I need something more specific, as it occurs in three different instances in the same text about Lombardy:
"Piccoli borghi, affascinanti castelli e numerosi corsi d'acqua ci accompagnano in questo itinerario ad anello che attraversa la variegata campagna del basso pavese.
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Il primo itinerario ad anello della Golena del Po si sviluppa nel territorio della bassa lodigiana, collegando tra loro i principali centri della zona.
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Il lungo itinerario si snoda nella zona agricola del basso mantovano, dove gli elementi rurali predominano su tutto il paesaggio." |
| | | lower plain | Explanation:
This specific meaning for "lower plain" derive from a geologic feature called the fontanili ("spring") line or zone, a band of springs around the Val Po, heaviest on the north, on the lowermost slopes of the anticline. It varies from a few kilometres to as much as 50 km (31 mi) wide. The fontanili line is the outcrop, or intersection, of the anticline's water table with the surface at the edge of the bassa. The rock above the line is porous. Surface water in the intermittent streams of the mountains tends to disappear below ground only to spring out again in the spring zone.[5] The spring zone is often called "the middle valley."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po_Valley |
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jacki-dart
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56 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 lower plain
Explanation:
This specific meaning for "lower plain" derive from a geologic feature called the fontanili ("spring") line or zone, a band of springs around the Val Po, heaviest on the north, on the lowermost slopes of the anticline. It varies from a few kilometres to as much as 50 km (31 mi) wide. The fontanili line is the outcrop, or intersection, of the anticline's water table with the surface at the edge of the bassa. The rock above the line is porous. Surface water in the intermittent streams of the mountains tends to disappear below ground only to spring out again in the spring zone.[5] The spring zone is often called "the middle valley."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po_Valley
| jacki-dart
Italy
Local time: 12:09
Native speaker of: English
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7 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 Lower
Explanation:
I don't see how else you can translate this. It is very common in English as well...when referring to an area that is around the entrance to a town or valley etc.
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