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HEADSTREAM [3 records]

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Record 1 2014-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
DEF

The chief headstream(2, 315 miles long) of the Mississippi River System, rising in the Rocky Mountains in Montana, and flowing through North Dakota, South Dakota(forming the Iowa border) and Missouri to join the Mississippi at St Louis. Chief port : Kansas City.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
DEF

Rivière des États-Unis qui vient des Rocheuses et qui est le principal affluent du Mississippi.

OBS

Les noms de rivières demeurent habituellement au féminin lorsque cités non accompagnés de leur générique. Par contre, l'usage tend à retenir le masculin pour les noms de rivières portant les noms d'États des États-Unis d'Amérique : la rivière Missouri, mais «le Missouri».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
OBS

La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que "Misuri" es la forma adaptada a la ortografía y pronunciación españolas del río estadounidense que en inglés recibe el nombre de "Missouri", según señala el Diccionario panhispánico de dudas.

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Record 2 2006-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
DEF

The chief river system(providing 14, 000 miles of waterway) of North America, draining the basin of the Middle Western United States of America between the Appalachians and the Rocky Mountains. Measured from the source of its chief headstream, the Missouri, it is 3, 710 miles long. The Mississippi River proper rises in North Minnesota and flows south, forming borders of nine states, for 2, 350 miles, receiving the Missouri at St Louis and the Ohio(main eastearn stream) at Cairo, Illinois, to a great delta on the Gulf of Mexico. Other ports : Minneapolis, Memphis, New Orleans.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
DEF

Fleuve des États-Unis, né dans le Minnesota et qui se jette dans le golfe du Mexique, par un grand delta.

OBS

Le nom d'un fleuve, lorsque cité sans le générique, demeure masculin.

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Economics
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Stream which flows into the river near its head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie environnementale
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía del medio ambiente
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
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