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English translation: morainic hill


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Italian term or phrase:pianalto
English translation:morainic hill
Entered by: Barbara Biaggi
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09:40 Jul 15, 2011
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Science - Geology
Italian term or phrase: pianalto
So che è una struttura geologica costituita da suoli risalenti a tempi geologici precedenti l'ultima glaciazione ma non riesco a trovare il termine corretto in inglese.

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Grazie
Barbara Biaggi
Italy
Local time: 12:11
morainic hill
Explanation:
Non molti riscontri bilingue online, ahimé.

www.turismotorino.org/public/file/Capitale%20del%20gusto_en...

"The landscape is rich in glacial forms, of the mid-upper Pleistocene, such as the morainic hills, the lakes of Avigliana and Caselette, the meat mosses of Piana dei Mareschi and Trana and a network of glacial dischargers."
(http://books.google.it/books?id=F7pZfLUoHJIC&pg=PA315&lpg=PA...

“Lakes, poorly drained depressions, morainic hills, drumlins, eskers, outwash plains, and other glacial features are typical of the area, which was entirely covered by glaciers during parts of the Pleistocene.”
(http://www.eoearth.org/article/Eastern_Great_Lakes_lowland_f...

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Summary of answers provided
4moraine hill
Maria Fokin
4ground moraineEleoE
3morainic hill
Barbara Carrara
3plateauScience451
2moraine plateauOne-L Michele


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
moraine plateau


Explanation:
Temo sia solo un vago ricordo, però.

One-L Michele
Italy
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Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in FriulianFriulian
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plateau


Explanation:
...Plateaus can also be formed due to the erosional processes of glaciers on mountain ranges, in this case the plateaus are left sitting between the mountain ranges. Water can also erode mountains and other landforms down into plateaus.
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altopiano o altipiano - Sapere.it
www.sapere.it/enciclopedia/altopiano o altipiano.html - Copia cache
... come quelli tipici della Meseta spagnola e del Plateau del Colorado) che, ... Con il nome di *pianalto*, infine, vengono indicati lembi, isolati o saldati ...



    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plateau
Science451
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ground moraine


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moraine

EleoE
Local time: 04:11
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
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moraine hill


Explanation:
i am a bit late but:

Il pianalto è una formazione geologica morenica tipica delle Prealpi. I pianalti furono il punto di incontro dei ghiacciai che scesero dalle Alpi lasciando depositi morenici e fluvio-glaciali.
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pianalto

The High Plain water-table aquifer is primarily fed by direct recharge, seepage from surface waters and underground sources from both the moraine hills and the Pre-Alps.

this and other examples can be found here:
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q="moraine hills" pr...

Maria Fokin
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morainic hill


Explanation:
Non molti riscontri bilingue online, ahimé.

www.turismotorino.org/public/file/Capitale%20del%20gusto_en...

"The landscape is rich in glacial forms, of the mid-upper Pleistocene, such as the morainic hills, the lakes of Avigliana and Caselette, the meat mosses of Piana dei Mareschi and Trana and a network of glacial dischargers."
(http://books.google.it/books?id=F7pZfLUoHJIC&pg=PA315&lpg=PA...

“Lakes, poorly drained depressions, morainic hills, drumlins, eskers, outwash plains, and other glacial features are typical of the area, which was entirely covered by glaciers during parts of the Pleistocene.”
(http://www.eoearth.org/article/Eastern_Great_Lakes_lowland_f...

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Grazie, omonima e buona giornata!

Barbara Carrara
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