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Nov 26, 2004 11:30
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suelo medio
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environmental damage
Talking about the damage done by traditional farming methods. One of them listed is "pérdidas del suelo medio"
Is this just erosion? Or does suelo medio have a technical term?
thanks
Is this just erosion? Or does suelo medio have a technical term?
thanks
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midsoil
Could it mean midsoil (as opposed to topsoil)?
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My Services
: right on!
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thank you!
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MercedesP
: This is probably the correct translation. Well done!
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thanks, Mercedes
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Leticia Reynoso (X)
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thanks, Leticia
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Muriel Vasconcellos
: It's not a common term, but I did find a description of " soil clay content for topsoil, midsoil, and subsoil."
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Tehani
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Mary Georgina Hardinge
: pérdida de suelo - soil erosion or land losss + medio should be media - average
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average land loss (rate)
The average land loss rate in 1990 was 25.34 square miles
per year. At its peak, estimated to have occurred in the
early 1970's, the average land loss rate was 41.83
square miles per year.
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I\'ve got no idea how this has appeared for a second time, 11 mins later! A ghost in the machine?
per year. At its peak, estimated to have occurred in the
early 1970's, the average land loss rate was 41.83
square miles per year.
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Note added at 21 mins (2004-11-26 11:51:48 GMT)
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I\'ve got no idea how this has appeared for a second time, 11 mins later! A ghost in the machine?
Reference:
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My Services
: You probably clicked "back" on your browser (IE) and it re-posted the info. It's happened to me.
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That's what happened, thanks Myservices
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average land loss (rate)
The average land loss rate in 1990 was 25.34 square miles
per year. At its peak, estimated to have occurred in the
early 1970's, the average land loss rate was 41.83
square miles per year.
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according to the Eurodicautom, suelo medio es \"average land\". Good luck MooMel!
per year. At its peak, estimated to have occurred in the
early 1970's, the average land loss rate was 41.83
square miles per year.
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Note added at 27 mins (2004-11-26 11:57:24 GMT)
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according to the Eurodicautom, suelo medio es \"average land\". Good luck MooMel!
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My Services
: This refers to land in general, the question is about farming soil (I think)
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Yes, your probably right. I won't withdraw the suggestion, as you never know, it may help or inspire someone...
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medium soil agricultural land
may seem a mouthful but....as in suelo liviano(light soil), suelo medio (medium soil), suelo pesado (heavy soil)
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Gabriel Aguirre
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Spanish term (edited):
las pérdidas de suelo medio de los olivares
the olive grove midsoil loss/losses
olivar = olive grove
suelo medio = midsoil
Voilà. Hope that helps. These things are difficult without the proper context; thank you for clarifying.
suelo medio = midsoil
Voilà. Hope that helps. These things are difficult without the proper context; thank you for clarifying.
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average soil loss
Having found where you have taken your example from on the Internet (first link below for others to look at), the more I look at it, the more I think that they surely must mean pérdidas medias de suelo.
I really don't think it's midsoil (whatever that's actually supposed to mean, can't find a definition for it in dictionaries and it's not common), or "average soil", which some of the uses of suelo medio I've come across seem to indicate, or medium-textured soil (as opposed to "light soil", i.e. coarse-textured, and "heavy soil", i.e. fine-textured).
heavy soil: (colloquial) A soil with a high content of the fine separates, particularly clay, or one with a high drawbar pull and hence difficult to cultivate, especially when wet. See also fine texture.
light soil: (colloquial) A coarse-textured soil; a soil with a low drawbar pull and hence easy to cultivate. See also coarse textured and soil texture. Contrast to heavy soil.
http://www.soils.org/cgi-bin/gloss_search.cgi?QUERY=heavy&SO...
medium-textured: Texture group consisting of very fine sandy loam, loam, silt loam, and silt textures. See also soil texture.
http://www.soils.org/cgi-bin/gloss_search.cgi?QUERY=medium&S...
2nd link below is to Soil Science terms glossary (US), which is really rather good.
Anyway, HTH.
I really don't think it's midsoil (whatever that's actually supposed to mean, can't find a definition for it in dictionaries and it's not common), or "average soil", which some of the uses of suelo medio I've come across seem to indicate, or medium-textured soil (as opposed to "light soil", i.e. coarse-textured, and "heavy soil", i.e. fine-textured).
heavy soil: (colloquial) A soil with a high content of the fine separates, particularly clay, or one with a high drawbar pull and hence difficult to cultivate, especially when wet. See also fine texture.
light soil: (colloquial) A coarse-textured soil; a soil with a low drawbar pull and hence easy to cultivate. See also coarse textured and soil texture. Contrast to heavy soil.
http://www.soils.org/cgi-bin/gloss_search.cgi?QUERY=heavy&SO...
medium-textured: Texture group consisting of very fine sandy loam, loam, silt loam, and silt textures. See also soil texture.
http://www.soils.org/cgi-bin/gloss_search.cgi?QUERY=medium&S...
2nd link below is to Soil Science terms glossary (US), which is really rather good.
Anyway, HTH.
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Mary Georgina Hardinge
: loss of medium soil does not fit context
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