English translation: preserve wellsprings/fountainheads
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Portuguese to English translations [PRO] Agriculture
Portuguese term or phrase:manter os mananciais de água
Good morning! can someone please confirm if "mananciais de água" means "water sources"? Or something else maybe?
Thank you so much!
Criar áreas protegidas está entre as ferramentas mais eficazes para conservar a biodiversidade. Essas áreas também ajudam a **manter os mananciais de água**, regulam o clima, evitam as erosões no solo, oferecem paisagens únicas para o turismo, servem de locais sagrados para diversas crenças e trazem alternativas econômicas sustentáveis de desenvolvimento.
Explanation: The idea is to keep wellsprings from going dry or getting polluted though expoitation. Even though the text says 'manter', I think 'protect' comes closer to the idea. 'Wellspring' is the same as 'spring' or 'fountainhead'; in this context I think 'wellspring' makes the point more clearly, but 'fountainhead' may be more technically correct.
Examples:
... Depollution Program and greater effectiveness in actions to protect wellsprings in the region, which will result in social and environmental benefits. ...
google.brand.edgar-online.com/EFX_dll/EDGARpro.dll?...?ID...
Besides restoring the forests that protect fountainheads and very steep slopes, which is in accordance with forest standards, a proposal for the first ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0378112797000728
With the completion of the project to protect fountainheads, sand contents in water have fallen from 14-16 kg/m3 before treatment to the present 0.15 kg/m3. ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=905809085X...
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IRIN | In-depth | Running Dry: the humanitarian impact of the ...
They run and maintain the water sources, which means they are going to make sure that everybody pays for water at a price affordable to all. ... www.irinnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?...13... - Em cache - Similares
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Running Dry: the humanitarian impact of the ...
They run and maintain the water sources, which means they are going to make sure that everybody pays for water at a price affordable to all. ... www.irinnews.org/InDepthMain.aspx?...13... - Em cache - Similares
ghostwriter-BR Local time: 21:40 Specializes in field Native speaker of: Portuguese PRO pts in category: 16
Manancial - Lugar onde nasce água; FONTE; NASCENTE. Dicionário Aulete Virtual
Spring - (33) an issue of water from the earth, taking the form, on the surface, of a small stream or standing as a pool or small lake. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/spring
Luiza Modesto Brazil Local time: 21:40 Works in field Native speaker of: English, Portuguese PRO pts in category: 8
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protect wellsprings/fountainheads
Explanation: The idea is to keep wellsprings from going dry or getting polluted though expoitation. Even though the text says 'manter', I think 'protect' comes closer to the idea. 'Wellspring' is the same as 'spring' or 'fountainhead'; in this context I think 'wellspring' makes the point more clearly, but 'fountainhead' may be more technically correct.
Examples:
... Depollution Program and greater effectiveness in actions to protect wellsprings in the region, which will result in social and environmental benefits. ...
google.brand.edgar-online.com/EFX_dll/EDGARpro.dll?...?ID...
Besides restoring the forests that protect fountainheads and very steep slopes, which is in accordance with forest standards, a proposal for the first ...
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0378112797000728
With the completion of the project to protect fountainheads, sand contents in water have fallen from 14-16 kg/m3 before treatment to the present 0.15 kg/m3. ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=905809085X...
Muriel Vasconcellos United States Local time: 17:40 Works in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 52
http://water.epa.gov/type/watersheds/whatis.cfm Sorry, but I just noticed that I forgot to enter this reference which explains what a watershed is. Hope it´s not too late to be of any help.
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