Mar 17, 2010 09:24
14 yrs ago
Italian term
bisarni e piagge
Italian to English
Science
Geography
Description of a painting (which I do not have) showing "Divagazioni del fiume che danno vita a bisarni e piagge"
I need help on both terms (so will post a request for piagge separately). As we are talking Tuscany, could be a local term perhaps? One might be an oxbow lake or similar?
I need help on both terms (so will post a request for piagge separately). As we are talking Tuscany, could be a local term perhaps? One might be an oxbow lake or similar?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | river bifurcations |
Alessandro Zocchi
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| 3 | flood plains |
elisa vitale
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| 3 | alluvial channels |
Nerino
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| 3 | river beds |
Lucrezia Amedeo
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References
| bisarno |
Jim Tucker (X)
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Proposed translations
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13 mins
Alessandro Zocchi
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river bifurcations
This is only a translation help, as I see that on this institutional website "bisarni" are river bifurcations, locally defined "bisarni".
HTH
Alessandro
HTH
Alessandro
Reference:
http://www.comune.sesto-fiorentino.fi.it/Engine/RAServePG.php/P/28461SFI1000/M/28431SFI1201
Note from asker:
| thanks, very helpful, as all the posts here have been! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Rachel Fell
: http://tinyurl.com/ydkmsvo - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_bifurcation
27 mins
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thanks!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "In the end I used both Alessandro's 'bifurcations' and Lucrezia's (secondary) 'river beds' - I am sorry I could not give everyone who answered points, as all were very pertinent!"
11 mins
elisa vitale
Native in Italian
Works in field
senza fretta ma senza sosta
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, Italian to English, and 1 more.
flood plains
sono alvei di straripamento, o doppi alvei
si creano per via di alluvioni o variazioni nella portata dei corsi d'acqua
'bisarni' era anticamente usato in toscana, credo inr elazione al fatto che vi scorra l'Arno
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Note added at 13 min (2010-03-17 09:38:48 GMT)
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scusa, ho dimenticato questo link. si può scrivere floodplain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floodplain
si creano per via di alluvioni o variazioni nella portata dei corsi d'acqua
'bisarni' era anticamente usato in toscana, credo inr elazione al fatto che vi scorra l'Arno
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Note added at 13 min (2010-03-17 09:38:48 GMT)
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scusa, ho dimenticato questo link. si può scrivere floodplain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floodplain
Reference:
http://www.comune.sesto-fiorentino.fi.it/Engine/RAServePG.php/P/28461SFI1000/M/28431SFI1201
Note from asker:
| thanks for very helpful references. It will be tough to choose from all these excellent answers! |
30 mins
Italian term (edited):
bisarni
alluvial channels
Che siano questi?
http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q="alluvial channels"&meta...
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Note added at 35 min (2010-03-17 10:00:09 GMT)
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Oppure "alluvial streams" o "alluvial stream channels".
http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q="alluvial stream channel...
http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q="alluvial streams"&meta=...
http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q="alluvial channels"&meta...
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Note added at 35 min (2010-03-17 10:00:09 GMT)
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Oppure "alluvial streams" o "alluvial stream channels".
http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q="alluvial stream channel...
http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q="alluvial streams"&meta=...
Note from asker:
| Thanks, another excellent answer |
53 mins
river beds
bisarni = alvei = river beds
L'Arno spagliavo le sue acque e formava dei lunghi e larghi guadi e dei doppi alvei o bisarni.
http://books.google.it/books?id=IGw5AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA561&lpg=PA...
Il fiume Bisarno prende il nome dai doppi alvei (bisarni)
http://books.google.it/books?id=MB9LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA364&lpg=PA...
L'Arno spagliavo le sue acque e formava dei lunghi e larghi guadi e dei doppi alvei o bisarni.
http://books.google.it/books?id=IGw5AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA561&lpg=PA...
Il fiume Bisarno prende il nome dai doppi alvei (bisarni)
http://books.google.it/books?id=MB9LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA364&lpg=PA...
Note from asker:
| thanks Lucrezia. Love these ancient books you managed to access! |
Reference comments
1 hr
Reference:
bisarno
un ramo fluviale abbandonato (il bisarno)
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