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CLUSE [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2021-07-14
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- cluse
1, record 1, English, cluse
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... a steep-sided valley that cuts transversely across a limestone ridge. 1, record 1, English, - cluse
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
[A cluse] may have been formed by an antecedent river. It is commonly found in the Jura and the limestone ridges of the Savoy Alps. 1, record 1, English, - cluse
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
cluse: term of French origin. 2, record 1, English, - cluse
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- cluse
1, record 1, French, cluse
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- clue 2, record 1, French, clue
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Vallée, gorge étroite traversant un chaînon, le plus souvent calcaire, perpendiculairement à son grand axe. 3, record 1, French, - cluse
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Usité dans les dialectes du Jura, des Préalpes et de Provence, le terme a pris un sens géographique général pour désigner une vallée, une coupure traversant une structure anticlinale. 3, record 1, French, - cluse
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- cluse
1, record 1, Spanish, cluse
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
- valle transversal 2, record 1, Spanish, valle%20transversal
masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Valle corto y estrecho, de paredes abruptas, que pone en comunicación dos depresiones. 3, record 1, Spanish, - cluse
Record 2 - internal organization data 1976-06-19
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Geology
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- wind gap 1, record 2, English, wind%20gap
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
water gap 1, record 2, English, - wind%20gap
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Géologie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- cluse morte 1, record 2, French, cluse%20morte
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
cluse vive 1, record 2, French, - cluse%20morte
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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