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SHALLOW SOUND CHANNEL [2 records]

Record 1 2017-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A shallow stretch of seawater, such as a sound, channel, bay, or seawater lake, near or communicating with the sea and partly or completely separated from it by a low, narrow, elongate strip of land...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Étendue d'eau marine peu profonde au cœur d'un atoll, ou située entre la côte et un récif barrière, communiquant avec la mer.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
DEF

Masa de agua poco profunda con un estuario, poco profundo y restringido, al mar.

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Record 2 2011-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sonar and Underwater Detection (Military)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sonar et détection sous-marine (Militaire)

Spanish

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