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French to English Geography Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
tolérance de changement		change tolerance
a nette		in Nette
adressage		addresssing operation / process / mechanism
agaise		= la gaise = gaize rock
agglomération		metropolitan area
amplitude thermique		thermal amplitude	Christian Schneider
Entered by: Christian Schneider
Arc des Caraibes		Caribbean Arc
arc terrestre		arc
avant-pays		foreland
édifiant		awe-inspiring / staggering	Sheila Hardie
Entered by: Sheila Hardie
éléments d\'implantation		location factors
équipements de confort		comforts and amenities
Baïne		baïne
balcon		Balcony	David BUICK
Entered by: David BUICK
bassin de mobilité		transfer possibilities
bassin-versant		drainage basin
bord enrobé		asphalt strip (shoulder)	Elizabeth Niklewska
Entered by: Elizabeth Niklewska
canaulogue		canal expert / canal enthusiast
centre de vie		residential area
centriquois		in/of (the) Centre-du-Québec (region)
chemin de remembrement		agricultural access road	John Fossey
Entered by: John Fossey
chenalage		channeling	Gayle Wallimann
Entered by: Gayle Wallimann
commune de rattachement		local municipality
cote de la nappe		level of the water table
cours d’eau encaissés		steeply-banked streams/rivers
croiser		cross-reference
crue séculaire		100-year flood	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
Damounais		Derived from 'les gens d'amont' - people from the Swiss communes of Château d’Oex, Rossinière and Rougemont.
date de passage d'un peuple germanique		Germanic migrations
DME		dimethyl ether (DME)
dynamique/peu dynamique		active/not very active; static
embûche de sable		sand trap, bunker
en forte déclinaison		with a steep slope
Etats généraux du paysage		\"think tank on landscape management\" ????
extrême avancée		furthest outpost
flèche dunaire		sand spit
fond géologique		basic geology
fuseau (voir contexte exacte)		zone (see exact context)
géographe de cabinet		armchair geographer/cartographer
grands ensembles du relief (de la Terre)		major regions/mountain systems

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