Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
área subtendida arriba del punto de captación
English translation:
subtended area above the catchment point
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Bubo Coroman (X)
Sep 28, 2010 16:18
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Spanish term
área subtendida arriba del punto de captación
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Geography
La cuenca tiene un *área subtendida arriba del punto de captación* de 3,794 km2 con una precipitación promedio anual de 1090.6 mm.
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Oct 2, 2010 18:23: Bubo Coroman (X) Created KOG entry
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subtended area above the point of capture
"subtended" is a mathematical term
example of use (sorry I can't get into the document itself):
http://www.google.es/#sclient=psy&hl=es&rlz=1W1GGLL_en&q="Ay...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-09-28 19:23:21 GMT)
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thanks for the query! How you translate "captación" will depend on what it refers to -- what is being done -- could you add that detail in the Discussion comments please?
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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-09-28 19:41:19 GMT)
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thanks for posting the additional context! I take it that "captación" refers to the water taken temporarily from the river to go through the hydroelectric turbine. I think your use of catchment would be clear here.
example of use (sorry I can't get into the document itself):
http://www.google.es/#sclient=psy&hl=es&rlz=1W1GGLL_en&q="Ay...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-09-28 19:23:21 GMT)
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thanks for the query! How you translate "captación" will depend on what it refers to -- what is being done -- could you add that detail in the Discussion comments please?
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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-09-28 19:41:19 GMT)
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thanks for posting the additional context! I take it that "captación" refers to the water taken temporarily from the river to go through the hydroelectric turbine. I think your use of catchment would be clear here.
Note from asker:
| subtended area above the catchment point? |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Muriel Vasconcellos
: I agree with 'subtended area above the catchment point'. I found good references for each phrase in referring to basins, though none of them all together.
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many thanks Muriel, for the agree and your research. Kind regards - Deb
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Leonardo Lamarche
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The basin has an area of 3,794 km2 having an average yearly rainfall of 1096.6 mm,
... upstream from the sample point.
Así lo entiendo.
Así lo entiendo.
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Cristina Novo
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subtended basin area upstream from the water abstraction point
This is somewhat of a remix of what has been suggested. Also basin/drainage/catchment area, but have seen "subtended basin area" in the reference below.
Captación (e.g. for drinking water) is translated as abstraction in the Water Framework Directive; see its use in the web reference from the UK Environment Agency.
Captación (e.g. for drinking water) is translated as abstraction in the Water Framework Directive; see its use in the web reference from the UK Environment Agency.
Discussion
El proyecto hidroeléctrico de YYYY considera el aprovechamiento hídrico del río XXXX, que a su vez es un tributario importante por la margen derecha del río ZZZZ.
El río XXXX, ubicado entre las coordenadas 77º 30´ y 78º 45´ de longitud oeste y 5º 30´ y 7º 00´ de latitud sur, tiene una cuenca colectora, hasta su desembocadura en el río ZZZZ, de 7 507 km², con una longitud de cauce principal de 164 km y una pendiente media de 1,52%.
La cuenca tiene un *área subtendida arriba del punto de captación* de 3,794 km2 con una precipitación promedio anual de 1090.6 mm.
Las descargas hidrométricas del río han sido registradas desde 1977 al 2009, con cuyos datos se la elaborado la Curva de Duración de Caudales que se adjunta en la página siguiente. El caudal de diseño es 58.5 m3/s, disponiendo 7.78 meses caudales superiores a dicho caudal.
The basin has an area of 3,794 km2 havind an average yearly rainfall of 1096.6 mm, (could it be 3.794 km2? that is, less tha 4 km2.) extended upwards (or upstream) from the sample point.
I may be wrong, but I have a feeling this is an extremely roundabout way of saying something that's very simple in English.