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Record 1 2005-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Ecosystems
  • Translation (General)
CONT

In summer [mule deer] eat shrubs and broad-leaved plants, while their winter diet is evergreens, saplings and shrubs. They often share winter range on open slopes and aspen forest with bighorn sheep and elk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Écosystèmes
  • Traduction (Généralités)
CONT

L'été le cerf-mulet mange des arbustes et des plantes à larges feuilles, et des persistants, des arbrisseaux et des arbustes l'hiver. Il partage souvent son aire d'hivernage sur les pentes dénudées et dans les tremblaies avec le mouflon d'Amérique et le wapiti.

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-02-19

English

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

Bare place on a steep hillside.

CONT

Inside Scrape, Nfld.

OBS

Only used in Nfld., where it refers to a slope usually worn by wood being slid down to the shore.

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
OBS

Non attesté en français au Canada.

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 au Canada.

Spanish

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