Glossary entry (derived from question below)
español term or phrase:
escarpe
inglés translation:
escarpment
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Bubo Coroman (X)
Feb 12, 2009 16:43
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español term
escarpe
español al inglés
Ciencias
Geología
geomorphology
La capacidad de desagüe de un cauce natural viene dada por el caudal que cabe en dicho cauce entre unos elementos geomorfológicos denominados escarpes o bancos de orilla (banks, en terminología anglosajona), escarpes de dimensiones métricas ubicados, con mayor o menor definición morfológica, en ambas orillas.
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Bubo Coroman (X)
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| 3 | solleret |
MariCarmen Pizarro
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| 2 | escarpment |
Peter van der Hoek
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escarpment
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ES escarpe
EN escarpment
scarp
http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/
In Berrien County, the river is deeply entrenched, having a high riverbank (escarpment) on one or both sides of the river. The escarpment reaches nearly 140 feet in height at Berrien Springs.
http://www.glc.org/basin/project.html?id=80
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escarpment
ES escarpe
EN escarpment
scarp
http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/
In Berrien County, the river is deeply entrenched, having a high riverbank (escarpment) on one or both sides of the river. The escarpment reaches nearly 140 feet in height at Berrien Springs.
http://www.glc.org/basin/project.html?id=80
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escarpment
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Comment: "Thank you Deborah. I was wondering if 'escarpe' also corresponded to another geological feature lower than an 'escarpment' since my source text seems to use 'escarpe' to river to normal river banks, not only high, steep ones. But everyone seems to agree it's escarpment... "
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Peter van der Hoek
España
España
Native in inglés
España
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Native in: inglés 
, neerlandés
Works in: neerlandés al inglés, flamenco al inglés
escarpment
This is not really my field of expertise.
escarpment: a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
escarpment: a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
21 minutos
MariCarmen Pizarro
Native in español
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Native in: español 
Works in: español al inglés, italiano al inglés, alemán al inglés, and 14 more.
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solleret
Orilla o borde de la calle o de otra vía pública, generalmente enlosada y en posición superior, colocada junto a las paredes de las casas, destinada al tránsito de peatones
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