slot canyon

09:39 Dec 29, 2015
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English to Norwegian translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Geology / Lang, smal kløft
English term or phrase: slot canyon
Hva er den riktige betegnelsen på denne typen kløft?
Ingrid Thorbjørnsrud
Norway
Local time: 14:16


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4juv
Hege Jakobsen Lepri
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Antelope Canyon
Tomasso

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Explanation:
Selv om engelske termer kryper seg inn gjennom ekstremsport til norsk, har vi faktisk veldig mange egne ord for geologiske formasjoner.
Et gjel, også kalt ravine, er en trang dal med bratte sider som er oppstått ved at en elv har gravd seg ned i berggrunnen.
Et stort gjel kalles gjerne en canyon mens et dypt gjel kalles et juv.



    https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gjel
Hege Jakobsen Lepri
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4 days
Reference: Antelope Canyon

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Note added at 4 days (2016-01-02 14:26:53 GMT)
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Antelope Canyon er en smal og dyb kløft i det sydvestlige USA. Kløften er den mest besøgte og fotograferede i området.[1] Den ligger i den semi-autonome Navajo nation nær byen Page i Arizona. Antelope Canyon består af to separate kløfter, der benævnes Upper Antelope Canyon eller The Crack; samt Lower Antelope Canyon eller The Corkscrew.[2]


    Reference: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Antelope_Canyonsv.
    Reference: http://www.americansouthwest.net/slot_canyons/antelope_canyo...
Tomasso
United States
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