Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

coleções hídricas

English translation:

water basins..watersheds

Added to glossary by airmailrpl
Sep 28, 2013 23:20
10 yrs ago
Portuguese term

coleções hídricas

Portuguese to English Tech/Engineering Environment & Ecology
eg (see III)

rt. 4° Na APA do Anhatomirim ficam proibidos:

I - a implantação de atividades industriais potencialmente poluidoras, capazes de afetar mananciais de água;

II - a realização de obras de terraplenagem e a abertura de canais, quando essas iniciativas importarem em sensível alteração das condições ecológicas locais, principalmente das Zonas de Vida Silvestre;

III - o exercício de atividades capazes de provocar acelerada erosão ou assoreamento das coleções hídricas;

IV - o exercício de atividades que impliquem em matança, captura ou molestamento de espécies raras da biota regional principalmente do golfinho Sotalia fluviatilis;

Thanks in advance
Change log

Oct 4, 2013 11:50: airmailrpl changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/619078">T o b i a s's</a> old entry - "coleções hídricas"" to ""water basins""

Proposed translations

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water collection points..basins..watersheds

coleções hídricas => water collection points..basins..watersheds
Peer comment(s):

agree Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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agradeço
agree Paulinho Fonseca
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water supplies

This would make sense in the context.
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watercourses

watercourses
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agree Richard Purdom
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thanks Richard
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places where water collects

A suggestion. There doesn't seem to be a directly equivalent term in EN.
Example sentence:

During these 3 years, we have continued to notice places where water collects and does not drain well.

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