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BOSQUE [4 records]

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Record 1 2000-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Silviculture
  • Botany
DEF

... a community of trees and associated organisms covering a considerable area; utilizing oxygen, water, and soil nutrients to attain maturity, and reproduce itself; and capable of furnishing people with useful products and services.

CONT

The forest is a complex ecological system dominated by trees, which form a buffer for the earth against the full impact of the sun, wind, and precipitation. Whatever the type of forest ... the trees that constitute it provide special environments, which in turn affect the kinds of plants and animals that can live within the forest.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Sylviculture
  • Botanique
DEF

[...] formation végétale composée principalement d'arbres, mais aussi d'arbustes et d'arbrisseaux [...] À cet ensemble s'ajoute tout un cortège de végétaux et d'animaux qui individualisent les divers groupement forestiers. Ces associations d'êtres vivants agissent sur le climat local et le sol et déterminent le milieu forestier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecosistemas
  • Silvicultura
  • Botánica
DEF

Formación agrupada de árboles. Los ecosistemas forestales tienen funciones importantes de protección, regulación y producción a nivel del ecosistema. Al tener una productividad elevada desempeñan un papel importante como reguladores eficaces del anhídrido carbónico en la atmósfera e influyen en los procesos climáticos.

OBS

bosque: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Key term(s)
  • floresta
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Record 2 2000-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
OBS

Not used in English in Canada.

OBS

Terminology validated by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary (BT-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Vaste étendue de terrain peuplée d'arbres.

CONT

Forêt Saint-Augustin, Québec.

OBS

Attesté au Québec.

OBS

Terminologie uniformisée par le Comité permanent canadien des noms géographiques (CPCNG) dans le cadre du glossaire BT-176 faisant autorité sur la question des génériques en usage au Canada.

Spanish

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

Formación agrupada de árboles.

OBS

bosque: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 3 2000-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Botany
DEF

A community of trees growing more or less closely together, of smaller extent than a forest and generally larger than a coppice.

OBS

It may or may not constitute a stand, depending on its degree of homogeneity in one or more respects.

OBS

wood: term used in parts of the Commonwealth.

Key term(s)
  • woods

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Botanique
DEF

Ensemble d'arbres poussant plus ou moins près les uns des autres et couvrant un certain espace.

OBS

[...] d'une façon générale un bois couvre une surface de moindre étendue qu'une forêt : il peut ou non comporter un (ou des) peuplement(s) forestier(s) bien défini(s); il peut ou non porter un nom toponymique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecosistemas
  • Botánica
DEF

Formación agrupada de árboles.

OBS

bosque: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 4 2000-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy
DEF

Tract of treed land.

CONT

Black Rock Woods, N.S.

OBS

Few officially named examples; used in Nfld, N.S., and Man.

OBS

woods: term and definition validated by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary (BT-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
DEF

Étendue de terrain peuplée d'arbres.

CONT

Bois de Verchères, Québec.

OBS

Attesté au Québec.

OBS

bois : terme et définition uniformisés par le Comité permanent canadien des noms géographiques (CPCNG) dans le cadre du glossaire BT-176 faisant autorité sur la question des génériques en usage au Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Toponimia
DEF

Formación agrupada de árboles.

OBS

bosque: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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