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Mar 27, 2006 05:57
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Swedish term
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styrkor
I think these are areas of calmer/slower water in a river. The Swedish makes a differentiation between this and a "sel", but it is possible that they are just listing synonyms/using regional terminology.
Proposed translations
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| 3 | riffle |
lo nathamundi
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| 5 | rapids |
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| 4 -1 | cascade |
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lo nathamundi
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riffle
hey, just happened to notice this question.
i grew up fly-fishing, and the terms we always used the most were:
riffles, eddies, swirls, and pools to describe the different kinds of water in a stream.
also, back-eddy, side-eddy, sort of a large riffle, a slow pool, etc... depending on the water...
but a strong run of water that is not an actual waterfall, we always called a riffle...
cascade is too strong... too waterfally... and rapids makes me think of whitewater rafting...
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rapids
A "stryka" is fast-flowing water, not necessarily breaking or with falls.
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cascade
How about this?
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Lars Jelking (X)
: A 'stryka' is normally without braking water or falls. Simply a fast flowing piece of the stream.
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