geography Flashcards

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une arête (montagne)

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a ridge

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le sommet

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the summit

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3
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la crête

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the crest

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4
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un pic

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a peak

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5
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un glacier

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a glacier

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6
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une vallée

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a valley, a vale

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7
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un vallon

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a dale

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8
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un creux

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a hollow

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9
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une falaise

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a cliff

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10
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un gouffre

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a chasm (prononcé kazeum)

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11
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un col

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a pass

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12
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une pente, descendre une pente

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a slope, to slope down

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13
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en altitude

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at high altitude (contraire at low altitude)

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14
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snow-capped

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couronné de neige

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15
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abrupte, escarpé

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steep, precipitous

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16
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pente douce

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gentle slope

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17
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s’élever en pente abrupte

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to rise (rose, risen) steeply

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18
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le fond de la mer

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the sea bed

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19
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le niveau de la mer

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the sea level

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20
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le rivage

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the (sea)shore

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21
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le bord de mer

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the seaside

22
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la marée

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les vagues déferlantes

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la houle

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une lame de fond
a groundswell
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le ressac
the backwash (of a wave)
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les embruns
spray
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l'écume
foam
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les moutons (sur la mer)
white horses
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une baie
a bay
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un golfe
a gulf
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une anse, une crique
a cove an inlet a creek (UK) (USA un ruisseau)
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un détroit
a strait | straits
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un chenal
a channel
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la côte
the coast
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côtier
coastal
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un banc de sable
a sandbank
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les galets
pebbles | shingle
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un récif
a reef
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un lagon
a lagoon
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la pleine mer
the open sea
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un bras de mer
an arm of the sea
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un mille marin
a sea mile
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mer étale
slack sea
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la mer est d'huile
the sea is like glass
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agitée
rough
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houleuse
choppy
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sur le rivage
by the seashore
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au bord de la mer
by/atthe seaside
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au dessus/au dessous du niveau de la mer
above/below sea level