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Sturmflutscheitelstände

English translation: storm tide high water mark

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German term or phrase:Sturmflutscheitelstände
English translation:storm tide high water mark
Entered by: Helen Jordan

14:25 Apr 11, 2005
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German term or phrase: Sturmflutscheitelstände
Reference to a folder on a CD (tender documentation for port operating concession)

Gutachten der Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau zur ausbedingten Aenderungen der Sturmflutscheitelstände

TIA for any help

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Helen Jordan
Local time: 12:28
storm tide high water mark
Explanation:
http://www.ema.gov.au/ema/emadisasters.nsf/0/3b1c41f8f18a735...
http://www.nwc.navy.mil/weather/Photo Archive/1938_hurricane...
http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=052...
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Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:28
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Thanks!
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3 +2storm tide high water mark
Lancashireman
4highest point of the lunar tides
Frosty
3storm tide peak levels
muttersprachler


  

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Sturmflutscheitelstände
highest point of the lunar tides


Explanation:
Well known in Hamburg and along the North Sea coast - how far inland is the tide going to go. The Thames barrier was also built for these. Also known as Spring floods, but they are not restricted to Springtime

Frosty
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Sturmflutscheitelstände
storm tide peak levels


Explanation:
Sturmflut is definitely storm tide.

Scheitelstand is just the highest mark of a particular flood.
Maybe there is a better term than 'peak level'

muttersprachler
Germany
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Sturmflutscheitelstand
storm tide high water mark


Explanation:
http://www.ema.gov.au/ema/emadisasters.nsf/0/3b1c41f8f18a735...
http://www.nwc.navy.mil/weather/Photo Archive/1938_hurricane...
http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=052...

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  muttersprachler: Better than "peak levels" :-)
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agree  franglish: franglish
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