Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
accidente geográfico
English translation:
geographical feature
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teju
Apr 8, 2008 14:10
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Spanish term
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accidente geográfico
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Geography
This is the term used to refer to mountains, crevices, crags, ravines, abysses... just about anything other than flat land! Any ideas? P.S. Please do not enter "geographical accident," - that is definitely NOT the translation.
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Apr 28, 2008 16:32: teju Created KOG entry
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geographical feature
Oxford.
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geographic unevenness
Lots of results in Google
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Sandra Holt
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landform
This could be a possible option, this wikipedia link comes in English and Spanish:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landform
http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/landforms.htm
Landforms are natural features of the landscape, natural physical features of the earth's surface, for example, valleys, plateaus, mountains, plains, hills, loess, or glaciers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landform
http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/landforms.htm
Landforms are natural features of the landscape, natural physical features of the earth's surface, for example, valleys, plateaus, mountains, plains, hills, loess, or glaciers.
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Cecilia Gowar
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topography
Dependiendo del contexto, también podés usarla. Te copio una definición de la web.
"the configuration of a surface including its relief and the position of its natural and man-made features "
"the configuration of a surface including its relief and the position of its natural and man-made features "
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Gad Kohenov
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Geographical relief
Has Google hits.
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Topograhical feature? maybe.
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Or topograhic feature.
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Topograhical feature? maybe.
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Or topograhic feature.
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physical features/ physical geograqphic
Prefer first one/
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physical features/ physical GEOGRAPHY
sorry!
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accidented geography / accidented landscape
please see examples of "accidented geography" here:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p="accidented geography"&fr=y...
and examples of "accidented landscape" here:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p="accidented landscape"&fr=y...
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p="accidented geography"&fr=y...
and examples of "accidented landscape" here:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p="accidented landscape"&fr=y...
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geographical accidents
El término “accidente geográfico” tiene usos muy específicos, distintos de relieves, formaciones irregulares, etc.
geographical accidents
Further north the region gets hotter and drier with more geographical accidents in La Rioja province.
http://www.ba-arg.com.ar/english/argentina/argentina-geograp...
...therefore, I suggest ridding the article name of any topological or semantic nomenclature, and describing it solely based on geographic accidents...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventio...
geographical accidents
Further north the region gets hotter and drier with more geographical accidents in La Rioja province.
http://www.ba-arg.com.ar/english/argentina/argentina-geograp...
...therefore, I suggest ridding the article name of any topological or semantic nomenclature, and describing it solely based on geographic accidents...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventio...
7 hrs
geographical faulting/folding and faulting
For an aexplanation have a look at www.geographyhigh.connectfree.co.uk/s2earthforcesgeoghighfo...
Hope this helps. Good luck!
Hope this helps. Good luck!
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