The World - The Sea, Rivers and Lakes, Natural Disasters Flashcards by David S

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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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le rivage

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the seashore

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le bord de mer

A

the seaside

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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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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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le flux ≠ le reflux

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the flow ≠ the ebb

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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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un détroit

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a strait

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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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le détroit de Gibraltar

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the Straits of Gibraltar

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l’eau douce

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fresh water

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une source

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a spring

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jaillir

A

to spring

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une rive / une berge

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a river bank

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le lit de la rivière

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the riverbed

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un ruisseau

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a stream / a brook

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un torrent

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a torrent

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le courant

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the current / the stream

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un affluent

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a tributary

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l’écluse

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a lock / a sluice

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un barrage

A

a dam

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se jeter dans

A

to flow / run into

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la vase

vaseux

A

the slime

slimy

Q

des rapides

A

rapids

Q

une digue

A

a dyke / a levee (US)

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un étang

une mare

A

a pool

a pond

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une coulée de boue

A

a mudslide

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une pluie diluvienne

A

a deluge

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un raz-de-marée

A

a tidal wave / a tsunami

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la sécheresse

A

drought

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un glissement de terrain

A

a landslide

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une tempête de neige

A

a blizzard

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une mer calme

A

a calm sea

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une mer agitée

A

a rough / choppy sea

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en mer profonde

A

in deep sea

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en mer peu profone

A

in shallow sea

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la pleine mer

A

the open sea

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sur le rivage

A

by the seashore

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au bord de la mer

A

by / at the seaside

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au-dessous du niveau de la mer

A

below (above) seal level

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à marée haute ≠ basse

A

at high / low tide

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faire des vagues

A

to make waves

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une plage de sable blanc

A

a white-sand beach

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une plage ensoleillée

A

a sunny beach

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une plage de galets

A

a shingle beach

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une plage déserte

A

a deserted beach

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une plage naturiste

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a nudist beach

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une brise marine

A

a sea breeze

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la rive opposée

A

the opposite bank

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le vent tourne

A

the tide is turning

Q

être complètement perdu avec qch

A

to be all at sea with sth