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French term or phrase:
représentative de la galerie forestière
English translation:
typical of a gallery/fringe forest
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French term
représentative de la galerie forestière
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It is a text regarding geography and socio-economic conditions of an African country.
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- Quant aux galeries forestières, il s’agit d’un transect sur environ 600 m et des relevés faits en quinconce, autant que possible, sur chaque 100 m. Une liste finale est dressée censée être représentative de la galerie forestière.
It is a text regarding geography and socio-economic conditions of an African country.
Here is the complete sentence:
- Quant aux galeries forestières, il s’agit d’un transect sur environ 600 m et des relevés faits en quinconce, autant que possible, sur chaque 100 m. Une liste finale est dressée censée être représentative de la galerie forestière.
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| 3 +1 | typical of a gallery/fringe forest |
Wendy Streitparth
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| 3 | representative of (the) forest edge |
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typical of a gallery/fringe forest
gallery forest
a narrow strip of woods or forest along the banks of a watercourse flowing through open country.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gallery forest
Galerie forestière. Voûte forestière formée par des arbres et des lianes longeant les cours d'eau allogènes des milieux non forestiers, des savanes
http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/galerie
Gallery forests are forests that form as corridors along rivers or wetlands and project into landscapes that are otherwise only sparsely treed such as savannas, grasslands or deserts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallery_forest
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representative of (the) forest edge
This is the edge of the forest where the forest starts to dominate the landscape i.e. next to a river or plain or agricultural land.
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