bolsones
English translation: elevated valleys / basins
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| 09:26 Feb 26, 2005 |
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|  Selected response from: Sheila Hardie Spain Local time: 00:59 | ||||||
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peer agreement (net): +1valleys wth no outlet to the sea / basins Explanation: I think I might keep the Spanish word (in italics) and give an explanation in brackets perhaps. I think you could perhaps say 'valleys with no outlet to the sea' or 'basins'. Another possibility may be 'elevated mountain valleys'. HTH Sheila Geology ... to 10 kilometers wide. Some of the valleys have no outlet to the sea and are referred to as bolsones. West of Chihuahua the province ... www.mexicohorse.com/Geology.htm - 15k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants worldsurface.com - sustainable tourism for backpackers and ... ... the parallel to subparallel ranges become lower and form isolated, compact units trending north-south, the flat valleys between are called bolsones (basins). ... www.worldsurface.com/browse/static.asp?staticpageid=539 - 37k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants The Nation, 06/21/1877 - Squier's 'Peru' ... plateau around Lake Titicaca, and tlie Quichuas (of which tlie Incas are a branch), whose homes are tlie less elevated mountain-valleys (bolsones) about Cuzco ... www.nationarchive.com/Summaries/v024i0625_11.htm - 21k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 mins (2005-02-26 09:38:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Here is a better definition! The term is \'bolson\'! bolson Encyclopædia Britannica Article Page 1 of 1 Print PagePrint ArticleE-mail ArticleCite Article (from Spanish bolsón, “large purse”), a semiarid, flat-floored desert valley or depression, usually centred on a playa or salt pan and entirely surrounded by hills or mountains. It is a type of basin characteristic of basin-and-range terrain. The term is usually applied only to certain basins of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9080510 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 mins (2005-02-26 09:40:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The word \'bolson\' is used to refer to these geological features in the southern parts of the US. Southwestern US Geology Gallery ... the mesa in the foreground lies the valley of the ... El Paso, contains about a semester\'s worth of geology. ... In the heart of the Salt Flat bolson, along Route 180 ... raymondwiggers.homestead.com/ Southwestern_Geology_Gallery.html - 92k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants GAM status ... Description: The Hueco Bolson aquifer in the El Paso area Author ... and north of Kyle) Author: Bureau of Economic Geology/Texas Water ... 5. Lower Rio Grande Valley. ... www.twdb.state.tx.us/gam/GAM_StatusMap.htm - 51k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants Images - Geography - Northern Mojave ... Inyo-White Geology -- A Botanist\'s View: 148160; Eastern Mojave Geology -- A Botanist\'s View ... The valley containing the playa is called a bolson, which means ... www.schweich.com/mojaveimagesCCAMN.html - 58k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants [PDF] 1 Geology Field Trip 1999 Format del fitxer: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versió HTML ... 7 Geology Field Trip 1999 ... and Panamint Mountains) have been eroded into the Death Valley basin since ... The basin, know as a bolson (9d) has been filled with 3000 ... geograph.uwinnipeg.ca/Fieldtrips/ Trip_1999/1999%20Field%20Guide.pdf - Pàgines semblants |
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flat valleys Explanation: They are simply flat valleys. Check out the following link to the site where I found the definition of bolsones. www.worldsurface.com/browse/static.asp?staticpageid=539 - 38k - Cached - More from this site -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2005-02-28 07:09:52 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Otra palabra que se usa en textos geologícos en inglés para un tipo de formación por el estilo y que se usa además de\" flat valleys\" y \"basin\" es \"graven\" (viene del alemán ). -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2005-02-28 07:38:58 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Me disculpo, graben es con \"b\" no \"v\" www.worldsurface.com/browse/static.asp?staticpageid=539 - 38k - Cached - More from this site |
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deep valley, basin Explanation: They refer to "deep valleys of sedimentary origin", usually situated between mountains, but there is not a specific term for it in English. It´s usually kept in Spanish, bolsones. Reference: http://www.ilec.or.jp/newsfiles/031029_dev_rep/h09/pdf/lakes... |
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7 hrs confidence:
mineral pockets/deposits Explanation: http://www.hispanicus.com/drle/ bolsón América Andina - Bolsa de mineral ... We are finding the best of the best ***mineral pockets*** on Corellia (planets will change). This just mean surveying and ... http://www.bsrcsoftware.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_ID=633 The Plane of Water ... other pocket (DM's choice -- ***mineral pockets*** have total value 100d100 and are heavily guarded; Radiance pockets are ... http://www.pathguy.com/water.htm |
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17 hrs confidence:
basins Explanation: Vaya si te entiendo, yo también soy Argentina, y estuve en La Rioja, sé a qué te referís. Yo pondría Basins, como sinónimo de cuencas... de todos modos, te sugiero que entres a la página de la secretaría de turismo de La Rioja, que supuestamente tiene que estar también en inglés, a ver qué te tira... yo lo hice con una traducción para Tierra del Fuego... Ayyy... nuestro bellísimo país, que tiene de todo y nos complica a los traductores!!!!!! SALUDOS, COMPATRIOTA!! |
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