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Flusslandschaft

English translation: river scenery

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German term or phrase:Flusslandschaft
English translation:river scenery
Entered by: Christine Lam

22:24 Jan 27, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Tourism & Travel
German term or phrase: Flusslandschaft
This is in a list of categories for a tourist web site to click on and chose an area eg. alpine, low mountain range, sea, rural.

I'm looking for a catchy expression in English for the heading.
Jeannie Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:00
scenic rivers
Explanation:
might work
Selected response from:

Christine Lam
Local time: 12:00
Grading comment
I changed to river scenery as it fits with the rest of the list. thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5scenic rivers
Christine Lam
3 +1fluvial topography; riverscape; riverine landscape
mstkwasa
4River ecosystem
Robert Schlarb
4riparian landscape / riparian ecosystem
Tancho
2river landscape
Jonathan MacKerron


  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
scenic rivers


Explanation:
might work

Christine Lam
Local time: 12:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
I changed to river scenery as it fits with the rest of the list. thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rangepost: For a tourist site
1 hr
agree  Joseph Hovan: yes, indeed for a tourist publication! ;-)
1 hr
agree  Ingrid Blank
1 hr
agree  Heike Reagan: yes, or scenic river landscape
5 hrs
agree  Tamara Ferencak
8 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fluvial topography; riverscape; riverine landscape


Explanation:
"The Peene is the only, still to the greatest possible extent natural fluvial topography in Germany."
http://www.vorpommern.de/1/english/index_experience_the_uniq...
"Silently, the raft starts gliding through the natural and romantic fluvial topography of the Altmain river."
http://www.hotel-storch.de/english/pages/aktiv.html

"The term landscape is used in its simplest sense, i.e., a spatially heterogeneous area (Turner and Gardner 1991; Wiens 1995). The riverine landscape or river corridor corresponds to the surface area composed of interacting terrestrial and aquatic units that are directly influenced by the river (i.e., aquatic habitats, floodplain surface, and riparian zone). Riverscape refers only to the aquatic components of the riverine landscape."
http://www.internal.eawag.ch/~tockner/publications/Landscape...

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Note added at 18 mins (2005-01-27 22:43:40 GMT)
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I would opt for \"riverscape\" as it contrasts with \"landscape\" and it\'s not a jargon.

mstkwasa
Local time: 17:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dmytro Voskolovych: riverscape - i like it
54 mins
  -> Thank you!
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
River ecosystem


Explanation:
"Ecosystem" catches them every time:
http://greennature.com/article1315.html

Robert Schlarb
Local time: 18:00
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 3
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
riparian landscape / riparian ecosystem


Explanation:
An ecosystem that's located on the banks of a natural watercourse is known as a 'riparian ecosystem'. The term 'riparian landscape' refers to the landforms, flora, and fauna of the area, leaving out the interactions, energy flow, material flow, and nutrient cycling that take place between the biotic and abiotic components of the system.

http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/literatr/ripareco/design....
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/biodiv/ecosystems-riparian...

Tancho
Local time: 09:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
river landscape


Explanation:
Muret-Sanders

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 68
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