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dry cave

French translation: grotte sèche

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English term or phrase:dry cave
French translation:grotte sèche
Entered by: Sylvia Rochonnat

16:00 Jan 11, 2006
English to French translations [PRO]
Science (general) / cave diving
English term or phrase: dry cave
"And the thing about caves, as we discovered, was that they can-- Like, for example, in the Yucatán, those were once dry caves. So that's where the stalagmites formed, et cetera. And the water table rose and flooded them. So we took the opposite line with ours in that possibly this was dry. Our cave had been dry and the water table had risen and actually-- So that's our reasoning for how these remnants of our previous group of explorers had got so far and deep into the cave. That they had gone for an exit that was probably dry, you know, 30 years ago."
Sylvia Rochonnat
France
Local time: 01:46
grotte sèche
Explanation:
et aussi ce que l'on dit en spéléo en France.
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Local time: 01:46
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merci
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4 +5grotte sèche
Platary (X)
4caverne non inondée
rdstrad


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
grotte sèche


Explanation:
et aussi ce que l'on dit en spéléo en France.


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Platary (X)
Local time: 01:46
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Native speaker of: French
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merci

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
caverne non inondée


Explanation:
caverne sèche

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Note added at 9 mins (2006-01-11 16:10:09 GMT)
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ou grotte

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Note added at 10 mins (2006-01-11 16:11:26 GMT)
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Sorry, je pensais à la préhistoire : cavern!

rdstrad
Local time: 01:46
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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