Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
to trim the seabed off a coast
Spanish translation:
rebajar el lecho marino a cierta distancia de la costa
Added to glossary by
Mónica Algazi
Nov 27, 2011 04:37
12 yrs ago
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English term
to trim the seabed off a coast
English to Spanish
Science
Geography
tsunamis
When the wave starts to trim the seabed off a coast, it may rise to considerable heights and
break in over the coast with disastrous force.
break in over the coast with disastrous force.
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 3 +4 | rebajar/hundir el lecho marino a cierta distancia de la costa |
Mónica Algazi
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| 4 | hacen contacto con el fondo marino de una costa |
Luis Aguilar (X)
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References
| Trim seabed |
Christine Walsh
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Change log
Dec 3, 2011 08:22: Mónica Algazi Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Mónica Algazi
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Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American) 
Works in: English to Spanish
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rebajar/hundir el lecho marino a cierta distancia de la costa
Puede ser el lecho marino o el fondo marino.
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hacen contacto con el fondo marino de una costa
yo fui de los que corría olas y cuando una ola hace contacto con el fondo marino el fonfo marino detienen el agua del fono y hace que la ola crezca en tamaño. El tamaño de la ola va en proporción directa a la distancia que hay de la superficie al fondo marino.
Reference comments
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Reference:
Trim seabed
<<When this wave, at a high speed, moved laterally and the water-depth became shallower, it started to trim the sediment surface of the seabed (Fig. 6). This bottom erosion generated local slides, extensive turbiditic bed-loads and huge “clouds” of suspended matter (clay and silt)>>
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