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bajos
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Geography
Estudio sobre la modernizacion de un puerto:
Las antiguas dificultades del puerto han sido superadas. En 1978 el Centro de Investigación de Ingenieros Costeros del Ejército Norteamericano investigó la formación de **bajos** y desarrolló planes para la protección de la costa.
Las antiguas dificultades del puerto han sido superadas. En 1978 el Centro de Investigación de Ingenieros Costeros del Ejército Norteamericano investigó la formación de **bajos** y desarrolló planes para la protección de la costa.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | sandbanks |
Ian Wrentmore
|
| 3 | shallows |
laloopi
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| 3 | depressions / swamps |
kironne
|
Proposed translations
+1
2 hrs
Ian Wrentmore
Native in English
Specializes in field
Researched, Thorough and Accurate
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
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shallows
Shallows seems to fit
2 hrs
depressions / swamps
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Mayan Geography
The topography (mayan geography) of the area greatly varied from volcanic mountains, ... Scattered savannas and swamps, or bajos, appeared sporadically, ...
http://www.lost-civilizations.net/mayan-geography.html
Calakmul Biosphere Reserve - Park Profile - Geography
The geological characteristics of the region dictate that the majority of water is found in depressions called "bajos" that contain quaternary alluvial ...
http://www.parkswatch.org/parkprofile.php?l=eng&country=mex&...
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Geography and Landscape
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Geography and Landscape. A. The ancient Maya civilization occupied the eastern third of ... Scattered savannas and swamps, or bajos, appeared sporadically, ...
http://www.ctap4.org/infolit/notes/maya_geography_stops.doc
UPM || In the News
Dr. Nicholas Dunning, Professor of Geography at the University of Cincinnati, ... Dr. Dunning has collected evidence from bajos, seasonal swamps in ...
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/news/fullrelease.php?which=1...
The Daily Glyph
The road to the coast, later named “The Chicle Trail”, led straight to Topoxte and then east to ... The ruined cities are all flanked by bajos, ie. swamps. ...
http://www.gomaya.com/glyph/archives/001417.html
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-11-29 22:56:03 GMT)
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another one: SHOALS
http://shipwreck.net/glossary.html#B
A GLOSSARY OF COLONIAL SPANISH
NAUTICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS
Bajo: Shoal. Other terms with the same meaning are: Bajio, Escollo and Abrojo.
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