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Record 1 2020-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • River and Sea Navigation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
CONT

Durant la saison de navigation, plus de 2000 bateaux de plaisance en tous genres empruntent la voie maritime.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Navegación fluvial y marítima
CONT

La vía marítima del San Lorenzo, a veces en español, canal del San Lorenzo, es el nombre con el que se conoce al sistema de esclusas, conductos y canales que permite a los buques oceánicos viajar desde el océano Atlántico hasta el lago Superior, la cabeza del sistema de los Grandes Lagos de Norteamérica.

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Record 2 2010-12-31

English

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

A narrow projection of the sea from the main body of water.

CONT

Hudson Strait is an arm of the sea connecting the Atlantic Ocean with Hudson Bay and Foxe Channel and separating Baffin Island from the Ungava Peninsula of Québec.

OBS

loch: [An] Irish and Scottish Gaelic term for a lake or a sea inlet. It has been anglicised as lough, although this is pronounced the same way as loch.

OBS

lough: Gaelic term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Étendue d'eau marine étroite et longue, enserrée entre les terres.

CONT

Un loch [...] ce n'est pas une bête datant du Néanderthal, mais à la manière d'un fjord, un bras de mer formé à l'époque glaciaire.

OBS

bras de mer : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Oceanografía
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
DEF

Zona marítima alargada y estrecha.

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