alto-fundo
English translation: shoal, bank, shelf, bar
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| 16:01 Jul 25, 2009 |
| Portuguese to English translations [PRO] Ships, Sailing, Maritime / alto-fundo | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Luiza Modesto Brazil Local time: 10:03 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | shoal, bank, shelf, bar |
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| 4 | elevated sea bottom |
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| 4 | high-depth |
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elevated sea bottom Explanation: Creio ser isto, na falta de maior contexto. New Physical Geography - Google Books Result by Ralph Stockman Tarr, William Battle Phillips - 1912 - Physical geography - 488 pages It is an elevated sea bottom, from which the waves have partly remove'd the islands and promontories, and over which sediment has been strewn (Fig. 386). ... books.google.com/books?id=1zwZAAAAYAAJ |
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high-depth Explanation: As in: "This season, Ice Road Truckers is shot in high-depth in the remote communities..." |
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51 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1shoal, bank, shelf, bar Explanation: shoal - Area of sand or shingle just below the surface of the water at low water....cf. Bank. (iii) bank - (iii) Raised shelf or ground in a sea, lake or river usually covered by water.....cf. Sandbank. shelf - Strip of near horizontal mountain terrain delimited by steeper slopes, both above and below...cf. Ledge. bar - (i) Bank of sand, mud or shingle formed in shallow water across the mouth of a river or the entrance to a bay or harbour.......cf. shoal. (ii) Submerged ridge of bed-rock in a water feature....cf. rock, reef. http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/internnsf/WebPages/JGAY-53N82A?op... Alto-fundo - 1 Região do fundo do mar que se eleva em relação a outras áreas, não atingindo, entretanto, altura suficiente para colocar em risco a navegação (Aulete) Porto do Recife - Canal de acesso e bacia de evolução - Existência de profundidades menores e altos-fundos Porto do Recife - Fairway and evolution basin - Existence of minor depths and shoal http://www.mar.mil.br/dhn/chm/avgantes/folheto/folheto132008... |
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