Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Depósitos de Moreias
English translation:
morainic deposits
Added to glossary by
Verginia Ophof
May 11, 2013 14:52
11 yrs ago
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Depósitos de Moreias
Portuguese to English
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Geography
Parte de um texto sobre a Serra da Estrela no seguinte contexto:
As placas de gelo que derreteram deslizaram para altitudes mais baixas, arrastando blocos graníticos e formando vales à sua passagem. Os vestígios desta obra natural, grandiosos vales em U com rochas polidas, blocos erráticos e depósitos de moreias, permanecem intocados há milhares de anos.
Desde já obrigada!
As placas de gelo que derreteram deslizaram para altitudes mais baixas, arrastando blocos graníticos e formando vales à sua passagem. Os vestígios desta obra natural, grandiosos vales em U com rochas polidas, blocos erráticos e depósitos de moreias, permanecem intocados há milhares de anos.
Desde já obrigada!
Proposed translations
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| 4 +3 | morainic deposits |
Verginia Ophof
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| 4 +2 | Moraine deposits |
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May 25, 2013 15:01: Verginia Ophof Created KOG entry
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morainic deposits
mo·rainal, mo·rainic adj.
An accumulation of boulders, stones, or other debris carried and deposited by a glacier.
An accumulation of boulders, stones, or other debris carried and deposited by a glacier.
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Marlene Curtis
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Moraine deposits
With over 700,000 google hits for moraine deposits as opposed to 170,000 for morainic deposits, I'd go with moraine deposits.
As well, the Portuguese is literally deposits of moraines.
As well, the Portuguese is literally deposits of moraines.
Example sentence:
In northeastern Indiana, northern Ohio, and some other regions, extensive areas of ground moraine deposits are overlain by unmapped glacial-lake clay and silt (unit lc). The thickness of the till generally is 0.5 to >20 m
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Nick Taylor
: I believe (as a UK native speaker) that the attributive noun "sounds" better than the adjective, (but that is just my personal opinion and background - grammar school, university, PhD etc.)
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liz askew
: sure is. This is what we used when I did my Geography "A" level
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