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WADDEN [3 records]

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Record 1 2009-03-13

English

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

A broad flat area, very close to sea level that is flooded and drained with each rise and fall of the tide.

CONT

The Roberts Bank tidal flats at the Fraser River Delta.

OBS

A tidal flat may form the surface of a deltaic deposit.

OBS

Tidal flats are ... emerging during low tide and submerging during high tide (= intertidal zone).

OBS

wad: a Dutch term for "tidal flat."

OBS

tidal flat: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Océanographie
DEF

Bande littorale vaseuse molle et peu colonisée par la végétation de l’estran, couverte par les marées ordinaires.

CONT

Les platins du banc Roberts, dans le delta du Fraser.

OBS

[Il s’agit de] la zone la plus dynamique de la vasière.

OBS

Pluriel de «wadden» :wadden.

OBS

wad : Du latin «vadum», par le flamand «wadden».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Oceanografía
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Record 2 2005-09-27

English

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

Part of the North Sea between the Frisian Islands and the Dutch mainland, forming the inlet to the Ijsselmeer.

OBS

Ijsselmeer: A freshwater lake (area 1,125 square miles) in the North Netherlands, formerly part of the Zuider Zee but closed off by a dam (finished 1932).

Key term(s)
  • Wadden Sea

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
DEF

Long bras de mer de faible profondeur bordant le littoral des Pays-Bas, de [l’Allemagne] et du Danemark, et isolé de la mer du Nord par l’archipel de la Frise.

OBS

La mer des Wadden est encombrée de nombreux bancs de sable(deltas de marée) et couverte du côté de la terre par de vastes étendues de sables vaseux émergeant à basse mer : les wadden.

OBS

Waddensee : Graphie qui se rapproche le plus de la prononciation du toponyme en néerlandais.

OBS

Le générique du nom d’une mer prend la minuscule dans un texte suivi et la majuscule dans une liste, sur une carte géographique ou un panneau de signalisation.

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)
  • Environmental Management
  • Mammals
OBS

Concluded in October 1990 by the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Mammifères

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de convenciones, tratados y acuerdos (Documentos)
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
  • Mamíferos
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