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1
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la terre ferme

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dry land, the mainland

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le littoral

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coastline

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le golfe

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gulf

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le promontoire

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headland

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la falaise

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cliff

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l’estuaire (m)

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estuary

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l’étang (m)

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pond

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la mare

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pool

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l’eau douce (f)

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fresh water

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l’eau salée (f)

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salt water

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l’affluent (m)

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tributary

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le lit de rivière

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river-bed

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le bord

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edge, bank

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la rive

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bank (river, lake)

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la berge

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bank (canal)

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le détour

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bend, loop

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le coude

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bend, loop

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la courbe

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bend, loop

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la boucle

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bend, loop

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la cascade

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waterfall

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le courant

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current

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agité

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rough

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une mer agitée

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rough sea

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une mer calme

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smooth sea

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le fond de mer

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seabed

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la marée haute

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high tide

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la marée basse

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low tide

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le reflux et le flux

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ebb and flow

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l’écume (f)

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foam

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la vague

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wave

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la lame

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wave, breaker

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le flot

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tide, billow

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la péninsule

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peninsula

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le cap

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cape

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la crique

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cove

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la baie

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bay

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le galet

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pebble

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le caillou

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pebble, stone

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la coquille

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shell

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le coquillage

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shellfish; shell

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la chaîne de montagnes

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mountain range

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le col

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pass

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la crête

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ridge

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la pente

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slope

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le versant

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slope

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le précipice

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precipice

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la caverne

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cave

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la grotte

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cave

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le bloc

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slab, block

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la roche

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rock

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le rocher

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boulder, rock

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le bosquet

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grove

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53
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le taillis

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copse

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54
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la clairière

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clearing

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le sous-bois

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undergrowth

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56
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la lande

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heath

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57
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la mousse

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moss

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58
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la fougère

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fern

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59
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le chêne

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oak

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le hêtre (m)

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beech

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le frêne

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ash

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l’orme (m)

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elm

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le châtaignier

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chestnut tree

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le pin

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pine

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le sapin

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fir

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le bouleau

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birch

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le marécage

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fen, bog

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le marais

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swamp

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la tourbe

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peat

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la tourbière

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peat bog

71
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le remous

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eddy

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le tourbillon

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whirlpool

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le gué

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ford

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la houle

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swell

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la lame de fond

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groundswell

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les rouleaux (m)

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surf

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le ressac

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backwash

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la déferlante

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breaker

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les brisants (m)

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breakers

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les moutons (m)

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sea-horses

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le récif

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reef

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le récif corallien

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coral reef

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des galets (m)

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shingle

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l’escarpement (m)

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steep slope

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l’aiguille (f)

A

needle, peak

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les contreforts (m)

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foothills

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l’élévation (f)

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rise

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l’éminence (f)

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rise, knoll

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le monticule

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knoll, hillock

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le tertre

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knoll, hillock

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vallonné

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undulating

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la butte

A

small hill

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accidenté

A

craggy

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escarpé

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steep

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l’à-pic (m)

A

sheer drop

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la crevasse

A

crevasse

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la fente

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crack, crevice

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le ravin

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gully

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l’abîme (m)

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abyss

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les broussailles (f)

A

brushwood

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le fourré

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thicket

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le rameau

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branch

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la brindille

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twig

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l’écorce (f)

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bark

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la souche

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stump

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le déboisement

A

deforestation

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le reboisement

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reforestation

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le peuplier

A

poplar

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le houx

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holly

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le lierre

A

ivy

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le gui

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mistletoe

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l’aubépine (f)

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hawthorn

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les fleurs d’aubépine

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may blossom

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le genêt

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broom

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la noisette

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hazelnut

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la crue

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flood, spate

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en crue

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in spate

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la vase

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mud

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le limon

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silt, mud

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la bourbe

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silt, mud

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bourbeux

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muddy

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le bourbier

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quagmire

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la fondrière

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quagmire

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les embruns (m)

A

spray

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le raz-de-marée

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tidal wave

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le varech

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wrack, kelp

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le lagon

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lagoon

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la lagune

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lagoon

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la cime

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summit

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la faîte

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mountain-top

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la corniche

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ledge, cornice

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l’éboulis (m)

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scree

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la rocaille

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loose stones, stony ground

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la paroi rocheuse

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rock face

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le défilé

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mountain pass

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l’assise (f)

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layer, stratum

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le belvédère

A

panoramic viewpoint

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la garrigue

A

scrubland

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à feuilles caduques

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deciduous

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à feuilles persistantes

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evergreen

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la pinède

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pine forest

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l’églantier (m)

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briar

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l’ébène (m)

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ebony

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le palissandre

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rosewood

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le saule

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willow

146
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le saule pleureur

A

weeping willow

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le palmier

A

palm tree

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le coudrier

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hazel

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l’érable (m)

A

maple

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le troène

A

privet

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l’if( m)

A

yew

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le sureau

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elder

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l’aune (m)

A

alder

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le cynorhodon

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rosehip

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le gratte-cul

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rosehip

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le genévrier

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juniper

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le mélèze

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larch

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l’épicéa (m)

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spruce

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rabougri

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stunted

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la sève

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sap

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l’aiguille (f)

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needle

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le gland

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acorn

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la pomme

A

cone

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le jeune arbre

A

sapling

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le chaton

A

catkin

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