totoral

English translation: reeds

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Spanish term or phrase:totoral
English translation:reeds
Entered by: Adela Van Gils

13:41 Jan 14, 2004
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Environment & Ecology / environment
Spanish term or phrase: totoral
Es un grupo de totoras a las orillas de un lago
Edwal Rospigliosi
Spain
Local time: 12:10
reeds
Explanation:
Your dictionary.com: reeds
Si supieras el nombre en latino sería más fácil.

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Note added at 43 mins (2004-01-14 14:25:08 GMT)
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reeds
Tall thin wetland plants of the genera Phragmites and Sparganium; a term often incorrectly applied to bulrushes.
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Adela Van Gils
Netherlands
Local time: 12:10
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1WETLAND/WATERSHED
Adda Velez
4 +2reeds
Adela Van Gils
4 +1totoral (cluster of totora reeds)
buadog
5a cluster of reed mace
María T. Vargas
4marsh
Alicia Jordá
4reedbed
Сергей Лузан


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
marsh


Explanation:

also damm lake, impondment lake, if it is artificially built




¿Qué es un Humedal?

Seguramente hemos escuchado o tal vez participado hace muchos años en la caza de patos en un pantano o totoral, en paseos y recreo en una laguna (actualmente denominados humedales), lo que ahora ya no es posible porque son escasos o simplemente ya no hay tales cuerpos de agua.




    Reference: http://www.the-ecotimes.com/ecomagazine/default.php3
Alicia Jordá
Local time: 12:10
Native speaker of: Spanish
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
WETLAND/WATERSHED


Explanation:
wetland or watershed
Traduje una tesis de ese tema precisamente [english to spanish]

Adda Velez
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adam Thomson: "wetlands" sounds right, depending on what is needed in this context. Maybe we are just talking about the "reeds" as part of the wetlands.
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
totoral (cluster of totora reeds)


Explanation:
varío del de Alice por tratarse solo de un grupo en la orilla, no de un tipo de ecosistema como conjunto.

buadog
Argentina
Local time: 07:10

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
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a cluster of reed mace


Explanation:
Oxford Superlex. Espero te sirva. Pampi

María T. Vargas
Spain
Local time: 12:10
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
reeds


Explanation:
Your dictionary.com: reeds
Si supieras el nombre en latino sería más fácil.

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Note added at 43 mins (2004-01-14 14:25:08 GMT)
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reeds
Tall thin wetland plants of the genera Phragmites and Sparganium; a term often incorrectly applied to bulrushes.

Adela Van Gils
Netherlands
Local time: 12:10
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adam Thomson: "reeds" sound right, unless the context means we should use "wetlands" as a broader term
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agree  Patricia Baldwin
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reedbed


Explanation:
Good luck, Edwal Rospigliosi!
Re.: Collins Spanish Dictionary, ISBN 0-00-470295-6

Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 13:10
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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