12:18 Apr 25, 2001 |
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uneven ground/lansdcape Explanation: Depending on the context, I would choose between ground (describing land, also "terrain"), or landscape, if you are describing it in a more general point of view, as a sight or something like that. |
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Irregular relief or Irregular terrain Explanation: An irregular terrain of swamps and bluffs, punctuated by rocky outcroppings, made the land between Fifth and Eighth avenues and 59th and 106th streets undesirable for private development. Reference: http://www.centralpark.org/history/history.html Diccionario Politecnico de las Lenguas Espanola e Inglesa from F. Beigbeder |
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uneven ground/terrain Explanation: I hope this helps. K. |
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irregular relief Explanation: Aquí van enlaces: HURRICANE PAULINE ... RELIEF. This zone presents an irregular relief with heights ranging ... sea level. This relief is mainly represented by ... Isohyets. Edaphology. Land use and Vegetation. ... www.conabio.gob.mx/hp/hp_ingles/huracan_s.pl?listamapas=rom... - 18k - In cache - Gelijkwaardige pagina's Continental Shelf Click Here. ... zone between freshwater runoff from land and the more saline ... sediment deposits that cover irregular relief features. These deposits slope ... www.tpub.com/weather3/1-26.htm - 15k - In cache - Gelijkwaardige pagina's Podocarpus National Park ... abundant. The area presents a very irregular relief, formed by folds with torrential rivers ... of a mix of low land species with those found higher in ... www.arcoiris.org.ec/ingles/areasprot/podocarpus.html - Speleology in the Red Land of Misiones Argentina ... Grupo Espeleológico Argentino Estudio y ... in a landscape dominated by an irregular relief and vertical cliffs which ... known as the Red Land, is one of the ... www.servicenet.com.ar/mpetter/gea/mnes-rlm.htm - 15k - In cache - Gelijkwaardige pagina's Reference: http://www.tpub.com/weather3/1-26.htm Reference: http://www.servicenet.com.ar/mpetter/gea/mnes-rlm.htm |
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Irregular soil Explanation: Es verdad que los diccionarios bilingues de la Simon & Schuster's y de Larousse ambos dan a "relief" como primera opción al término en castellano relieve. Pero en inglés la palabra "relief" está tan sumamente identificada con su acepción más extendida (alivio) que confundiría a cualquier angloparlante. Por tal motivo, yo me inclinaría por " irregular soil". Ten en cuenta que el New Shorter Oxford recién da la definición de relieve para la palabra "relief" en la tercera acepción de la segunda entrada y en la primera entrada (la que da la acepción de alivio) tiene unas 50 acepciones subsiguientes, todas antes que relieve. Nunca he visto la palabra relief (en alusión a relieve) en un texto de geografía en inglés, ni en los documentales de la National Geographic ni del Discovery Chanel. Siempre he oido hablar de "soil": "irregular soil", "elevated soil", "variations in elevations of the soil", etc. Las citadas y esp. |
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rugged terrain Explanation: rugged terrain así suena bien as� suena bien |
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rugged land Explanation: this is probably a more literary description |
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