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POOPO [2 records]

Record 1 2002-12-06

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Lac situé dans la partie du centre ouest de la Bolivie à une altitude de plus de 3 500 mètres.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Geography (General)
CONT

Olson et al(1997) completed a conservation assessment of 117 freshwater ecoregions and ecoregion complexes for the entire Neotropical Region.... Critical ecoregions include : Caribbean lowlands, Maraciabo basin, Lake Poopo, Atacama deserts, Parano-Platense delta and the Mediterranean ecoregions of Chile. Two of the most endangered habitat types are flooded river plains such as floating meadows and varzea forests, threatened by logging and conversion to pasture, and cataracts, lost over vast areas due to dams and water diversions...

Key term(s)
  • floating meadows

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie physique (Généralités)
DEF

Prairie irriguée de Lombardie et du Piémont, où l'eau est distribuée par des rigoles à époque fixes.

CONT

Au printemps, l'irrigation par des eaux chaudes permet le réchauffement du sol d'où une augmentation de la précocité : tel est le cas en Italie du Nord de l'irrigation de prairies avec l'eau de certaines sources appelées marcites.

Key term(s)
  • marcites

Spanish

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