The World - The Sea, Rivers and Lakes, Natural Disasters Flashcards

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1
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l’eau de mer

A

sea water

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le fond de la mer

A

the seabed

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3
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le rivage

A

the seashore

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4
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le bord de mer

A

the seaside

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5
Q

la marée

A

the tide

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les vagues déferlantes

A

the surf

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7
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la houle

A

the swell

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8
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une lame de fond

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a groundswell

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9
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le flux ≠ le reflux

A

the flow ≠ the ebb

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10
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l’écume

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foam

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une crique

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a creek

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12
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un détroit

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a strait

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13
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côtier

A

coastal

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14
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un banc de sable

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a sandbank

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15
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les galets

A

shingle / pebbles

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16
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un récif de corail

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a coral reef

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17
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le détroit de Gibraltar

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the Straits of Gibraltar

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18
Q

l’eau douce

A

fresh water

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19
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une source

A

a spring

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20
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jaillir

A

to spring

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21
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une rive / une berge

A

a river bank

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22
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le lit de la rivière

A

the riverbed

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23
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un ruisseau

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a stream / a brook

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24
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un torrent

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a torrent

25
Q

le courant

A

the current / the stream

26
Q

un affluent

A

a tributary

27
Q

l’écluse

A

a lock / a sluice

28
Q

un barrage

A

a dam

29
Q

se jeter dans

A

to flow / run into

30
Q

la vase

vaseux

A

the slime

slimy

31
Q

des rapides

A

rapids

32
Q

une digue

A

a dyke / a levee (US)

33
Q

un étang

une mare

A

a pool

a pond

34
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une coulée de boue

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a mudslide

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une pluie diluvienne

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a deluge

36
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un raz-de-marée

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a tidal wave / a tsunami

37
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la sécheresse

A

drought

38
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un glissement de terrain

A

a landslide

39
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une tempête de neige

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a blizzard

40
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une mer calme

A

a calm sea

41
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une mer agitée

A

a rough / choppy sea

42
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en mer profonde

A

in deep sea

43
Q

en mer peu profone

A

in shallow sea

44
Q

la pleine mer

A

the open sea

45
Q

sur le rivage

A

by the seashore

46
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au bord de la mer

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by / at the seaside

47
Q

au-dessous du niveau de la mer

A

below (above) seal level

48
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à marée haute ≠ basse

A

at high / low tide

49
Q

faire des vagues

A

to make waves

50
Q

une plage de sable blanc

A

a white-sand beach

51
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une plage ensoleillée

A

a sunny beach

52
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une plage de galets

A

a shingle beach

53
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une plage déserte

A

a deserted beach

54
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une plage naturiste

A

a nudist beach

55
Q

une brise marine

A

a sea breeze

56
Q

la rive opposée

A

the opposite bank

57
Q

le vent tourne

A

the tide is turning

58
Q

être complètement perdu avec qch

A

to be all at sea with sth