Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
river freshes
Spanish translation:
crecidas del río
Added to glossary by
jorval
Dec 30, 2009 17:51
14 yrs ago
English term
river freshes
English to Spanish
Other
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Náutica
or by the river freshes
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3 +1 | crecidas del río |
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crecidas del río
At the 1992 Rio Earth Summit the United Nations released a groundbreaking action plan ...... Reducing the frequency of small rises in the river (freshes); ...
www.singleton.nsw.gov.au/SiteFiles/.../10156_SoE2008Rev0.pd...
www.singleton.nsw.gov.au/SiteFiles/.../10156_SoE2008Rev0.pd...
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cranesfreak
: Agree. Ver: reducing the frequency of small rises in the river, called "freshes" ... www.water.nsw.gov.au/Water.../Water.../default.aspx Feliz 2010 !!
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Discussion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshet
A freshet can refer to one of two things:
A flood resulting from heavy rain or a spring thaw. Whereas heavy rain often causes a flash flood, a spring thaw event is generally a more incremental process, depending upon local climate and topography. The term freshet is most commonly used to describe a spring thaw resulting from snow and ice melt in rivers located in the northern latitudes of North America, particularly Canada, where rivers are frozen each winter and thaw during the spring. A spring freshet can sometimes last several weeks on large river systems, resulting in significant inundation of flood plains as the snow pack melts in the river's watershed. Spring freshets associated with thaw events are sometimes accompanied by ice jams which can cause flash floods.
A stream or river of fresh water which empties into the ocean, usually flowing through an estuary.