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la Terre

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the Earth

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la planète

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the planet

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planétaire

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planetary

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le globe

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the globe

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global

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global

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l’équateur

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the equator

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équatorial

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equatorial

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les tropiques

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the tropics

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tropical

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tropical

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un pôle

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a pole

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polaire

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polar

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la calotte polaire/glaciaire

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the polar (ice) cap

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un iceberg

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an iceberg

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un continent

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a continent

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continental

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continental

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la terre (terrain)

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land

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le continent

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the mainland

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un paysage

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a landscape

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un territoire

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a territory

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territorial

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territorial

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un pays

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a country

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la campagne

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the countryside

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une lande/la lande

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a moor/moorland

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un bois/une région boisée

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a wood/woodland

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un marécage

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a marsh/bog/swamp

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marécageux

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marshy/boggy

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une région de marécages

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marshland

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une île

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an island/an isle

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une péninsule

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a peninsula

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un isthme

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an isthmus

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un promontoire

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a promontory

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un cap

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a cape/a headland

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un archipel

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an archipelago

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un atoll

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an atoll

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une grotte

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a cave

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un désert/désertique

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a desert/desert

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désertique/vide

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barren/empty

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aride/asséché

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arid/parched

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des dunes de sable

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sand dunes

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un oued

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a wadi

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une oasis

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an oasis

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la savane

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the savanna(h)

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la brousse

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the bush

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la jungle

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the jungle

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la topographie

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topography

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la cartographie

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cartography

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un atlas

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an atlas

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un GPS

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a GPS

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la latitude, la longitude

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latitude, longitude

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un méridien

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a meridian

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un fuseau horaire

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a time zone

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un parallèle

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a parallel

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une carte

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a map

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dresser la carte d’un pays

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to map a country

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l’échelle

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the scale

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une carte marine

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a nautical chart

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établir une carte

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to chart

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ne figure sur aucune carte

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uncharted

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le relief

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relief

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s’orienter

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finding one’s bearings

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une boussole

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a compass

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le Nord

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the north

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du nord/septentrional

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north(ern)

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le plus au nord

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northernmost

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vers le nord

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northward(s)

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venant du nord

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northerly

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le Sud

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the south

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du sud/méridional

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south(ern)

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l’Est

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the east

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de l’est/oriental

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east(ern)

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l’Ouest

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the west

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de l’ouest/occidental

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west(ern)

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le Nord-Est

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the northeast

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le Nord-Ouest

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the northwest

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le Sud-Est

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the southeast

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le Sud-Ouest

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the southwest

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ici/là

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here/there

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là-bas/de là-bas

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over there/from there

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collines et montagnes

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hills and mountains

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s’élever

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to rise (up)

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ascendant/descendant

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upward/downward

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une pente

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a slope

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descendre en pente

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to slope down

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monter

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to slope up

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abrupt

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steep

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doux/modéré

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gentle

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une colline

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a hill

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vallonné

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hilly/rolling

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une butte

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a hillock/a mound

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un sommet de colline

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a hilltop

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le(s) contreforts

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the foothill(s)

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haut

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high

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la hauteur

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height

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l’altitude

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altitude

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une montaigne

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a mountain

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montagneux

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mountainous

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une chaîne de montagne

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a mountain range

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un sommet

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a mountain top

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un massif

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a massif

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le sommet

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the summit

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dominer

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to tower over/to overlook

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la crête/une arête

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the crest/a ridge

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un pic

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a peak

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un à-pic

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a sheer drop

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un glacier

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a glacier

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une vallée

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a valley/vale (littéraire)

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un défilé

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a defile

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une gorge

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a gorge/a canyon (US)

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un plateau

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a plateau

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un bassin

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a basin

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une falaise

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a cliff

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un ravin

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a ravine

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un précipice

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a precipice

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un gouffre

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a chasm

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une crevasse

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a crevice/fissure/split

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une corniche/saillie

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a ledge

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un col

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a pass

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l’hémisphère Nord

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the Northern hemisphere

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l’hémisphère Sud

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the Southern hemisphere

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le tropique du Cancer

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the Tropic of Cancer

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le tropique du Capricorne

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the Tropic of Capricorn

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le pôle Nord/Sud

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the North/South Pole

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l’océan Arctique

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the Arctic Ocean

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l’océan Antarctique

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the Antarctic Ocean

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la banquise

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the ice floe/pack ice

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le plateau continental

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the continental shelf

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la dérive des continents

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the continental drift

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la terre vierge

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virgin land

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une île déserte

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a desert island

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le méridien de Greenwich

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the Greenwich meridian

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le 45ème parallèle

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the 45th parallel

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sur terrain plat

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on level ground

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terre du domaine public

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public/federal (US) land

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terrain communal

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communal land

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une étendue de terre

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a tract of land

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une courbe de niveau

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a contour line

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le cadastre

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the land registry

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les points cardinaux

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the points of the compass

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une rose des vents

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a compass card / rose

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dans le nord de Londres

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in the north of London

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au nord de Londres (à l’extérieur)

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north of/to the north of London

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un vent du nord

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a northerly wind

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un vent du sud

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a southerly wind

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un terrain plat

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flat land

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un terrain vallonné

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undulating land

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un paysage vallonné

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a rolling countryside

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un terrain accidenté

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uneven/bumpy land

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à haute/basse altitude

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at high/low altitude

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un sommet enneigé

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a snow-capped summit

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s’élever brusquement

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to rise steeply

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disparaître sans laisser de traces

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to disappear off the face of the Earth

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être en terrain inconnu

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to be on uncharted territory

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c’est tout près

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it’s close by/nearby

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les explorateurs

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the explorers

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atteindre la terre ferme

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to reach land

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gagner des terres sur la mer

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to reclaim land from the sea

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faire paître des animaux

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to graze animals

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la montée des eaux

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rising sea level

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la Terre promise

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the Promise Land

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sous les tropiques

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in the tropics

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à l’équateur

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on the equator

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