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ROCK GARDEN [2 records]

Record 1 2015-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cycling
DEF

A section of trail covered by grapefruit- to basketball-sized rocks.

CONT

A rock garden is a technical feature where random rocks and small boulders are installed into the trail surface in close proximity to each other providing unavoidable small obstacles which need to be ridden over.

OBS

In a mountain bike trail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cyclisme
DEF

Section de sentier couverte de roches dont la taille varie du pamplemousse au ballon de basketball.

OBS

Dans un sentier de vélo de montagne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciclismo
DEF

Sección de un circuito de ciclismo de montaña cubierta de rocas de diferentes tamaños.

CONT

[...] se suma a las zonas técnicas la instalación de un tramo de rocas donde los competidores demostrarán el dominio técnico sobre diferentes superficies.

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Record 2 1999-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
DEF

A garden laid out among rocks or decorated with rocks and adapted for the growth of particular kinds of plants ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

Le jardin de rocailles peut comprendre tout ou partie des éléments suivants : rochers, petites pelouses, allées et sentiers escarpés, escaliers rustiques, ruisselets, cascatelles, tourbière et pièce d'eau. Si le terrain est normalement tourmenté, profiter du modelé naturel et en accentuer, si besoin est, les mouvements.

Spanish

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