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ristagno d'acqua

English translation: standing water

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Italian term or phrase:ristagno d\'acqua
English translation:standing water
Entered by: achisholm

08:55 Oct 20, 2012
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geology / mapping
Italian term or phrase: ristagno d'acqua
This is from a geosurvey report.

It describes where soil extraction activities have resulted in ther formation of a pool, but I'm not sure if pool is the right word here.

"La tomografia di calibrazione MT è stata ubicata nel settore meridionale dell'area di lavoro, nei pressi del ristagno d'acqua dove affiora il livello pomiceo-cineritico alterato sormontato dalle ignimbriti saldate (Fig.6.5)."
achisholm
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:52
standing water
Explanation:
a slightly more technical synonym of stagnant water
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Ivana UK
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:52
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Summary of answers provided
4in the vicinity where surface water has accumulated
Alison Kennedy
3(patch of) stagnant water
Alistair_
3standing water
Ivana UK
Summary of reference entries provided
pond as a verb?
jacki-dart

  

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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
(patch of) stagnant water


Explanation:
but I'd probably leave out patch or pool and just stay stagnant water

Alistair_
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
in the vicinity where surface water has accumulated


Explanation:
You have a picture - so you decide - but since this is a geo study perhaps my suggested term is the most neutral for what we would normally call anything from a big puddle to a pool to a full-blown pond!

Alison

Alison Kennedy
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standing water


Explanation:
a slightly more technical synonym of stagnant water

Ivana UK
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Local time: 12:52
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Reference comments


29 mins
Reference: pond as a verb?

Reference information:
where the water has ponded
example of use:
sag pond - A small, permanent body of water in a semi-closed or closed depression formed by movement
along a strike-slip fault or by mass movement (i.e., landslide) that ponds water from impounded drainage or
surface runoff


    Reference: http://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/Soil_Survey.../629_gloss...
jacki-dart
Italy
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