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Spanish: captación de aguas

English translation: training of ground water / surface water intake



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Spanish term or phrase:captación de aguas
English translation:training of ground water / surface water intake
Entered by:Sandra Cifuentes Dowling
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Geography
Spanish term or phrase: captación de aguas
la cavidad, la cual se encuentra sobre la actual captación de aguas de la localidad. Is this a reservoir?
Barnaby Griffiths
Spain
training of ground water / surface water intake
Explanation:
Si es captación de aguas supterráneas = TRAINING OF GROUND WATER.
Si es captación de aguas superficiales = SURFACE WATER INTAKE.

Glosario de Marina Orellana.
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Sandra Cifuentes Dowling
Chile
Note from asker to answerer
great, thx Sandra
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5training of ground water / surface water intake
Sandra Cifuentes Dowling
5water reservoir
xzw
5impounding of water
Nora Bellettieri
4water catchment area
Alicewond
4water intake / uptake pointCarolynB


  

Answers

1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
captación de aguas water intake / uptake point

Explanation:
whichever fits your context better

CarolynB
Brazil
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
captación de aguas water reservoir

Explanation:
An option.

xzw
United States
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captación de aguas water catchment area

Explanation:
si son subterráneas, "ground-water"


Subject Geology (GO)




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TERM zona de captación de aguas subterráneas



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TERM ground-water catchment area




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Alicewond
Spain
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captación de aguas impounding of water

Explanation:
Diccionario Técnico de la Industria del Petróleo y del Gas
(Instituto Argentino del Petróleo y del Gas)

Nora Bellettieri
Argentina
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
captación de aguas training of ground water / surface water intake

Explanation:
Si es captación de aguas supterráneas = TRAINING OF GROUND WATER.
Si es captación de aguas superficiales = SURFACE WATER INTAKE.

Glosario de Marina Orellana.

Sandra Cifuentes Dowling
Chile
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
great, thx Sandra
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