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

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l’eau de mer

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sea water

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le fond de la mer

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the seabed

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3
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le rivage

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the seashore

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4
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le bord de mer

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the seaside

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5
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la marée

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the tide

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les vagues déferlantes

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the surf

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7
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la houle

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the swell

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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

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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

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coastal

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un banc de sable

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a sandbank

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les galets

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shingle / pebbles

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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
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l’eau douce

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fresh water

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19
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une source

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a spring

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20
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jaillir

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to spring

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21
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une rive / une berge

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a river bank

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22
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le lit de la rivière

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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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un torrent

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le courant
the current / the stream
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un affluent
a tributary
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l'écluse
a lock / a sluice
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un barrage
a dam
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se jeter dans
to flow / run into
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la vase | vaseux
the slime | slimy
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des rapides
rapids
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une digue
a dyke / a levee (US)
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un étang | une mare
a pool | a pond
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une coulée de boue
a mudslide
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une pluie diluvienne
a deluge
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un raz-de-marée
a tidal wave / a tsunami
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la sécheresse
drought
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un glissement de terrain
a landslide
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une tempête de neige
a blizzard
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une mer calme
a calm sea
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une mer agitée
a rough / choppy sea
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en mer profonde
in deep sea
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en mer peu profone
in shallow sea
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la pleine mer
the open sea
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sur le rivage
by the seashore
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au bord de la mer
by / at the seaside
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au-dessous du niveau de la mer
below (above) seal level
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à marée haute ≠ basse
at high / low tide
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faire des vagues
to make waves
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une plage de sable blanc
a white-sand beach
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une plage ensoleillée
a sunny beach
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une plage de galets
a shingle beach
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une plage déserte
a deserted beach
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une plage naturiste
a nudist beach
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une brise marine
a sea breeze
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la rive opposée
the opposite bank
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le vent tourne
the tide is turning
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être complètement perdu avec qch
to be all at sea with sth