Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
torrenteras
English translation:
flash floods or gully washers
Added to glossary by
patinba
Feb 29, 2012 19:19
12 yrs ago
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Spanish term
torrenteras
Spanish to English
Tech/Engineering
Mining & Minerals / Gems
En caso de disposición de relaves y/o escorias, en tierra, éstos deberán ser depositados en canchas ubicadas preferentemente cerca a las plantas de beneficio, para permitir el reciclaje del agua y así minimizar o evitar la descarga de efluentes fuera de la zona de almacenamiento. Las áreas deberán ser seleccionadas en base a las siguientes prioridades:
a) No ocupar cauces de flujo de agua permanente, como arroyos, riachuelos o ríos.
b) No deberán estar ubicadas en cuencas sujetas a aluviones, huaycos o *torrenteras*.
c) Ubicarse preferentemente sobre terrenos de mínima permeabilidad y alta estabilidad.
d) Evitar ocupar áreas situadas aguas arriba de poblaciones o campamentos.
e) Evitar estar ubicadas en las orillas de cuerpos lacustres o marinos.
a) No ocupar cauces de flujo de agua permanente, como arroyos, riachuelos o ríos.
b) No deberán estar ubicadas en cuencas sujetas a aluviones, huaycos o *torrenteras*.
c) Ubicarse preferentemente sobre terrenos de mínima permeabilidad y alta estabilidad.
d) Evitar ocupar áreas situadas aguas arriba de poblaciones o campamentos.
e) Evitar estar ubicadas en las orillas de cuerpos lacustres o marinos.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +5 | flash floods |
patinba
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| 5 | Gully |
Natalia Pérez
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| 4 | gullies |
Yaotl Altan
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| 4 | channels |
liz askew
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| 4 | [see my suggestion] |
philgoddard
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Change log
Mar 9, 2012 18:00: patinba Created KOG entry
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flash floods
a torrentera is actually a gully, down which flash floods could run?
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Note added at 20 mins (2012-02-29 19:40:36 GMT)
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The transposition is because your text reads "in areas subject to landslides and "torrenteras" and I don't think the site can be "subject to gullies"
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Note added at 37 mins (2012-02-29 19:57:08 GMT)
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Flash flood warning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_flood_warning
Most flash floods occur when there is a heavy amount of precipitation falling in an area and that water is then channeled through streams or narrow gullies. Flash .
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Note added at 20 mins (2012-02-29 19:40:36 GMT)
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The transposition is because your text reads "in areas subject to landslides and "torrenteras" and I don't think the site can be "subject to gullies"
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Note added at 37 mins (2012-02-29 19:57:08 GMT)
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Flash flood warning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_flood_warning
Most flash floods occur when there is a heavy amount of precipitation falling in an area and that water is then channeled through streams or narrow gullies. Flash .
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Yaotl Altan
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gullies
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Natalia Pérez
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Gully
Podría denominarse simplemente "stream" pero creo que "gully2 se ajusta más al ontexto. Espero que sirva, un saludo!
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channels
Torrentera en inglés | Traductor español a inglés | English to ...
www.spanishdict.com/translate/torrentera
torrentera. feminine noun. 1. channel (made by flowing water). Copyright © 2006 Chambers Harrap Publishers Limited. torrentera [tor-ren-tay'-rah]. noun. 1.
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www.myetymology.com/encyclopedia/Zulema.html
... being useful a slight slope that makes possible the drainage of the rainwater. ... In abnormally torrential rain situations a torrentera is generated (" locino" in local ... or to channel themselves and being in accumulated exceptional situations in ...
www.spanishdict.com/translate/torrentera
torrentera. feminine noun. 1. channel (made by flowing water). Copyright © 2006 Chambers Harrap Publishers Limited. torrentera [tor-ren-tay'-rah]. noun. 1.
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Note added at 29 mins (2012-02-29 19:48:52 GMT)
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www.myetymology.com/encyclopedia/Zulema.html
... being useful a slight slope that makes possible the drainage of the rainwater. ... In abnormally torrential rain situations a torrentera is generated (" locino" in local ... or to channel themselves and being in accumulated exceptional situations in ...
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[see my suggestion]
All three words basically mean the same thing. I think in English we would just combine them and say "they should not be located in flood-prone areas".
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