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biefs de rivières et de canaux

English translation: reaches of rivers and canals

18:05 Sep 9, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geography / in a scientific patent
French term or phrase: biefs de rivières et de canaux
Les milieux aquatiques libres comme par exemple les biefs de rivières et de canaux sont aussi envisageables, en particulier en période d’étiage sévère.
Mimita SWI
Lithuania
Local time: 21:20
English translation:reaches of rivers and canals
Explanation:
See http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=194... and https://books.google.ca/books?id=eyJLlkpZ2-wC&pg=PA86&lpg=PA... among others.
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Marco Solinas
Local time: 11:20
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3 +3reaches of rivers and canals
Marco Solinas
3flume rivers and canals
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
reaches of rivers and canals


Explanation:
See http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=194... and https://books.google.ca/books?id=eyJLlkpZ2-wC&pg=PA86&lpg=PA... among others.

Marco Solinas
Local time: 11:20
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: This makes more sense to me on the specific context given.
31 mins
agree  B D Finch: I think that this works for some, but not all, meanings of "biefs". For instance, a mill race is also a "bief".
14 hrs
agree  Gordon Matthews: A "flume", which may be part of a canal system, is indeed a "bief" in French. But not all "biefs" are flumes. A "bief" may also be some other kind of watercourse. So the broader term "reaches" is appropriate here. See: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bief
15 hrs
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
flume rivers and canals


Explanation:
Hello
I'm sure about flume but not about the word order (flume river or river flume). Both seem to be used.


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flume
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France
Local time: 20:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Are you sure canals do actually have 'flumes'? I'd have grave doubts... In any case, 'flume rivers' would make no sense at all, it would have to be 'river and canal flumes'
7 mins
  -> Hello Tony. I've added some references but I'm not really familiar with all this myself.
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