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German to English Geography Translation Glossary

German term		English translation
a. L.		am Lech	Yuu Andou
Entered by: Yuu Andou
Agglomerationsstandort		area of urban agglomeration	Stefanie Sendelbach
Entered by: Stefanie Sendelbach
Anfahrtsplan		driving directions
Aussichtspunkt		vista point
Bayerische		Bavarian
Böschung vs. Deich		Embankment vs. dike/levee
Bergarbeiterdorf		mining village
Bergisches Sauerland		the Bergische Sauerland
bewegt sich frei		runs freely (unencumbered by ...)
Binnenort		inland village
Dünung		deep water swell waves
Düsseldorf		Düsseldorf
Die Lausitz		Lusatia
Doppelberg		mountain with two peaks
Dreiländereck		three countries' corner
Dschamahirija		Jamahiriya
Ebene (as Austrian geographic feature)		plateau	Rowan Morrell
Entered by: Rowan Morrell
eingebettet		situated (between), embedded	Sheila Hardie
Entered by: Sheila Hardie
Elblachen		small shallow lakes along the river Elbe
Endmoränengebiet/-landschaft		terminal moraine region
EU-ausländisch		from other EU countries
Flächengemeinde		amalgamated community / integrated community
fruchtbarer Halbmond		fertile crescent
Gäuhochfläche		Gäu Plateau
Gebirgsrand		foot of the mountain or mountain range
Geestsporn		sandy plateau spur
Gefälle		(grade of) slope
Geoinformationswirtschaft		geo-information science/studies	Steffen Walter
Entered by: Steffen Walter
GR		Graubünden (Swiss Canton)
Grodenflächen		polders / salt marshes
hallt hier wie aus der nächsten Nähe wieder		..any news from over there resonates with us on the deepest level
Hamburgerin (= Pat.) aus Weimar		A lady from Hamburg, a patient (originally) from Weimar
Heißländen		xeric habitats
Himmelsbrücke		Bridge of Heaven
i.v.H.		in von Hundert = percent or as a percentage of
im angelsächsischen Raum		English-speaking countries
im Grundbuch des Amtsgerichts Spandau von Staaken		in the land register for Staaken at the local court (Amtsgericht) of Spandau	Steffen Walter
Entered by: Steffen Walter
in unseren Breiten		where we come from/in our part of the world/in our latitudes
innerörtliche / ausserörtliche Strasse		urban roads / rural roads	John Bishop
Entered by: John Bishop
Inselvielfalt		exceptional diversity (of islands)

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