Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

divorcio de las aguas

English translation:

water divide | watershed divide

Added to glossary by Valeria Donzelli
Aug 9, 2010 21:35
13 yrs ago
Spanish term

divorcio de las aguas

Spanish to English Social Sciences Geography
Some context:
TOPOGRAFIA
Abarca zona de alta montaña llegando hasta el divorcio de las aguas que constituye el limite con Chile.

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Proposed translations

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water divide | watershed divide

water divide | watershed divide
Peer comment(s):

agree Leonardo Lamarche : agree. Beat me to it.
0 min
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agree Isabelle17
6 mins
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agree meirs : Makes sense (but why "divorce" :-) )
19 mins
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agree Christine Walsh
3 hrs
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agree Muriel Vasconcellos
5 hrs
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agree Evans (X) : or just "watershed"
10 hrs
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watershed

se refiere a parteaguas, watershed.
Watershed may refer to: Hydrology and Topography
Watershed, drainage divide (non-North American usage)
Watershed, drainage basin (North American usage)
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Reference comments

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Reference:

Continental Divide

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Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree Henry Hinds
1 hr
Thanks, Henry
agree Evans (X) : appropriate here, since we are talking about Chile, but the divide isn't always continental.
13 hrs
True, Gilla, and thanks
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