Natural disasters Flashcards

1
Q

une catastrophe naturelle

A

an act of God/of nature

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2
Q

la croute terrestre

A

ther earth’s crust

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3
Q

une faille

A

a fault

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4
Q

une secousse tellurique

A

an earth tremor

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5
Q

un tremblement de terre

A

an earthquake

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6
Q

l’échelle de Richter

A

the Richter scale

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7
Q

un volcan

A

a volcano

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8
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un cratère

A

a crater

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9
Q

une éruption

A

an eruption

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10
Q

la lave

A

lava

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11
Q

une coulée de lave

A

a lava flow

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12
Q

les scories

A

scoriae, cinders

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13
Q

l’érosion du sol

A

soil erosion

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14
Q

un glissement de terrain

A

a landslide

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15
Q

une coulée de boue

A

a mudslide

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16
Q

une tempête de neige

A

a blizzard

17
Q

une avalanche

A

an avalanche

18
Q

une nappe phréatique

A

a water table

19
Q

la sécheresse

A

drought

20
Q

un typhon

A

a typhoon

21
Q

un cyclone

A

a cyclone

22
Q

un ouragan

A

a hurricane

23
Q

une tornade

A

a tornado

24
Q

une innondation, une crue

A

a flood

25
Q

un raz-de-marée

A

a tidal wave

26
Q

un tsunami

A

a tsunami

27
Q

un incendie de forêt

A

a forest fire

28
Q

sismique

A

seismic

29
Q

volcanique

A

volcanic

30
Q

entrer en éruption

A

to erupt

31
Q

déborder

A

to overflow

32
Q

inonder

A

to flood