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LITTORAL [6 records]

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Record 1 2021-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
Universal entry(ies)
BJ-LI
classification system code, see observation
OBS

A department of Benin.

OBS

BJ-LI: code recognized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
BJ-LI
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Département du Bénin.

OBS

BJ-LI : code reconnu par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
Universal entry(ies)
CM-LT
classification system code, see observation
OBS

A region of Cameroon.

OBS

CM-LT: code recognized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CM-LT
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Région du Cameroun.

OBS

CM-LT : code reconnu par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Geography
  • River and Sea Navigation
DEF

The interface between sea and land.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie physique
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
DEF

Zone de contact entre la mer et la terre.

OBS

Le terme «côte», synonyme de «littoral», est le seul terme propre au vocabulaire maritime où il est employé dans de nombreuses expressions de navigation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geografía física
  • Navegación fluvial y marítima
DEF

Orilla del mar [...] y tierra que está cerca de ella.

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Record 4 2015-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Ecosystems
DEF

The shallow marginal zone of a body of water where light penetrates to the bottom, usually colonized by rooted vegetation.

CONT

In the ponds and lakes three zones are generally evident ... littoral zone ... limnetic zone ... profundal zone.

OBS

littoral: Refers to the zone in a lake or a pond that extends from the shore to the depth at which plants are rooted. In the ocean the zone extends to about the depth to which tides, wave action, and light penetrate.

OBS

littoral zone: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Écosystèmes
DEF

Zone marginale peu profonde d'une masse d'eau où la lumière pénètre jusqu'au fond, en général colonisée par des végétaux à racines.

OBS

zone littorale : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Ecosistemas
DEF

Zona marginal poco profunda de un cuerpo de agua donde la luz penetra hasta el fondo, generalmente poblada por vegetales con raíces.

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Record 5 2012-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Oceanography
DEF

According to some authorities the benthonic zone between the shore and water depths of approximately 100 fathoms (200 meters).

OBS

It is also called littoral benthal which is subdivided into the eulittoral and the sublittoral. The usage and interpretation of this term varies widely in the literature.

OBS

See illustration in "Principles of Oceanography," by Richard A. Davis Jr. (source DAPRI, 1972 page 206).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Océanographie

Spanish

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Record 6 2009-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
DEF

In military operations, a coastal region consisting of the coastal sea areas and that portion of the land which is susceptible to influence or support from the sea.

OBS

littoral: term and definition officially approved by the Department of National Defense and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
DEF

Dans les opérations militaires, la région côtière formée des eaux et des terres susceptibles d'être influencées ou de recevoir un soutien à partir de la mer.

OBS

littoral : terme et définition uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale et par les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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