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RAFTING [5 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paddle Sports
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
DEF

A recreational activity which consists in navigating in an inflatable raft over white waters.

CONT

Whitewater rafting down the Colorado River.

OBS

Terms used by Parks Canada.

Key term(s)
  • white water rafting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de pagaie
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
DEF

Activité récréative qui consiste à se déplacer en canot pneumatique dans des eaux tumultueuses.

OBS

Termes en usage à Parcs Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de remo
  • Parques y jardines botánicos
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Record 2 2012-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paddle Sports
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
DEF

A recreational activity which consists in the navigation of a fast or slow-flowing river by inflatable watercraft powered by paddle, oar or outboard motor.

OBS

Term(s) used by Parks Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de pagaie
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
DEF

Activité récréative qui consiste à descendre une rivière à débit lent ou rapide dans un radeau pneumatique propulsé à la pagaie, à la rame ou par moteur.

OBS

Terme(s) en usage à Parcs Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de remo
  • Parques y jardines botánicos
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Record 3 2004-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A form of deformation of floating ice wherein one piece of ice overrides another, thus creating rafted ice.

OBS

[This phenomenon] is most common in new ice and young ice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

Empiétement les uns sur les autres des morceaux d'une couverture de glace. Le chevauchement résulte de pressions exercées par la marée, le vent ou l'expansion thermique dans le cas des lacs; il engendre les chaos, les crêtes de pression et les ondins glaciels.

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Physical Geography (General)
DEF

Transportation of rocks or soil by means of attachment to ice, plants, or other floating material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Géographie physique (Généralités)
DEF

Transport de matériaux rocheux ou terreux par des agents flottants comme la glace et les plantes.

Spanish

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Record 5 1990-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transport of Wood
  • Water Transport
OBS

raft: (Lagging) pieces of timber lashed together for floating dowstream, as to a mill.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport du bois
  • Transport par eau
DEF

Action de diriger un train de bois.

Spanish

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