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una gran llanura uniforme con poco relieve.

English translation: a vast level plain with little relief


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Spanish term or phrase:una gran llanura uniforme con poco relieve.
English translation:a vast level plain with little relief
Entered by: Adam Burman
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12:18 Jan 31, 2007
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Art/Literary - Tourism & Travel / La Mancha
Spanish term or phrase: una gran llanura uniforme con poco relieve.
Por una parte, la Meseta, propiamente dicha; una gran llanura uniforme con poco relieve.

TIA
Adam Burman
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:55
a vast level plain with little relief/variation in altitude
Explanation:
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nedra
United States
Local time: 19:55
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This is what I was after! Thanks nedra
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2a great flat expanse with hardly a hill in sight
Noni Gilbert
4 +2a vast unchanging plainduchess
4a vast expanse of dull plains with no relief
esing
4a vast level plain with little relief/variation in altitude
nedra
4a great uniform plain with little relief
Valeria Marjovsky
4a vast plateau with hardly any relief
David Cahill
3A greal uniform plain with scarcely any physical relief
Gad Kohenov


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
a great flat expanse with hardly a hill in sight


Explanation:
Flat as a pancake?!

In fact, this is where you understand relieve more, because it would be a relief! Remember relief maps - this one would hardly have a wrinkle in it.


Noni Gilbert
Local time: 04:55
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pilar Díez: 'large' rather than 'great', maybe. Otherwise I like it
1 min
  -> Thanks Pilar!
agree  Sarah Frutos Bamberry: agree with large rather than great and would use pasture rather than expanse (In Psalms - the word pasture is used for llanura)
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Sarah, although pasture is specifically grazing land, which I doubt it would be in Cuenca.,.,.
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a great uniform plain with little relief


Explanation:
a great uniform plain with little relief

Valeria Marjovsky
Argentina
Local time: 23:55
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a vast level plain with little relief/variation in altitude


Explanation:
a suggestion

nedra
United States
Local time: 19:55
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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This is what I was after! Thanks nedra
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
A greal uniform plain with scarcely any physical relief


Explanation:
I hope this helps.

Gad Kohenov
Local time: 05:55
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in HebrewHebrew
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a vast expanse of dull plains with no relief


Explanation:
Another option

esing
India
Local time: 08:25
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Native speaker of: Native in TamilTamil
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
a vast unchanging plain


Explanation:
I think you can miss off "con poco relieve"- isn't that what plains are?

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an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 ft. (150 m), within the area.

duchess
Local time: 04:55
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Denise DeVries
33 mins
  -> Thanks Denise
agree  Nivia Martínez
35 mins
  -> Thanks Nivia60
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a vast plateau with hardly any relief


Explanation:
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David Cahill
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