Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
ressaut
English translation:
drop, projection, or fault-line scarp
Added to glossary by
Drmanu49
Aug 19, 2009 11:24
14 yrs ago
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French term
France
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ressaut
French to English
Social Sciences
Geography
Part of a hiking guide...
Poursuivre rive droite le long des meandres; juste après un ressaut quitter la piste dans un zigzag.
Obliquer à gauche d’un ruisseau jusqu’à un ressaut herbeux.
Passer le ressaut d’une jolie cascade et rejoindre rive droite la clairière…
Poursuivre rive droite le long des meandres; juste après un ressaut quitter la piste dans un zigzag.
Obliquer à gauche d’un ruisseau jusqu’à un ressaut herbeux.
Passer le ressaut d’une jolie cascade et rejoindre rive droite la clairière…
Proposed translations
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Change log
Aug 21, 2009 10:25: Drmanu49 Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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drop, projection, or fault-line scarp
Can be several things but this is likely
fault-line scarp ( ′fölt′līn ′skärp ) ( geology ) A cliff produced when a soft rock erodes against hard rock at a.
www.answers.com/topic/fault-line-scarp
fault-line scarp ( ′fölt′līn ′skärp ) ( geology ) A cliff produced when a soft rock erodes against hard rock at a.
www.answers.com/topic/fault-line-scarp
Peer comment(s):
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B D Finch
: Drop is best for the context. Fault-line scarp is too technical a geological term and it also might not be what is actually meant, especially in the 2nd instance.
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Japan
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bumps/steep slopes/convexo-concave
Like Drumanu 49 stated, the word could mean a lot of things, but I would suggest the above.
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Gad Kohenov
Israel
Israel
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Israel
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, Hebrew
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Projection/abrupt fall/dip
Possibilities I would consider.
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ledge/lip/scarcement/(hydraulic) jump
Termium propose the following def:
scarcement = offset or retreat in the thickness of a wall or bank of earth
lip = a projecting or overhanging edge, rim or margin such as a rock on a mountainside
"ressaut d'une cascade"
hydraulic jump = sudden rise in level of surface of a stream
scarcement = offset or retreat in the thickness of a wall or bank of earth
lip = a projecting or overhanging edge, rim or margin such as a rock on a mountainside
"ressaut d'une cascade"
hydraulic jump = sudden rise in level of surface of a stream
Peer comment(s):
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B D Finch
: "Ledge" is wrong and the other suggestions are not appropriate to the context of a walks guide.
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embankment
May be that.
Discussion
As Bourth says - so many possibilities.
Another possibility: www.geoportail.com (assuming this is in France). You can zoom in on aerial photos, superimpose IGN maps, and see a 3D display of the terrain.