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esclerófilo

English translation: sclerophyllous forest

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Spanish term or phrase:bosque escerófilo
English translation:sclerophyllous forest
Entered by: kerry

10:51 Nov 5, 2001
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Forestry / Wood / Timber
Spanish term or phrase: esclerófilo
...en este santuario está representada la Región Ecológica del Matorral y del Bosque Esclerófilo y la Región Ecológica Estepa Alto Andina.
kerry
sclerophyllous forest
Explanation:
Spanish Term bosque esclerófilo
Reference METRO
English Term sclerophyllous forest [1]
Definition a forest characterised by the prevalence of species having leathery,generally small,leaves,and developed in a climate with relatively cold/wet and hot/dry seasons

NASA Goddard Institute: Global Land Use Datasets: Vegetation
... evergreen seasonal broadleaved forest, summer rain; evergreen broadleaved sclerophyllous
forest, winter rain; tropical/subtropical evergreen needle-leaved forest; ...
www.giss.nasa.gov/data/landuse/vegeem.html

Hope it helps.
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tazdog (X)
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Local time: 07:34
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4sclerophyllous forest
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4SCLEROPHYLL
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sclerophyllous forest


Explanation:
Spanish Term bosque esclerófilo
Reference METRO
English Term sclerophyllous forest [1]
Definition a forest characterised by the prevalence of species having leathery,generally small,leaves,and developed in a climate with relatively cold/wet and hot/dry seasons

NASA Goddard Institute: Global Land Use Datasets: Vegetation
... evergreen seasonal broadleaved forest, summer rain; evergreen broadleaved sclerophyllous
forest, winter rain; tropical/subtropical evergreen needle-leaved forest; ...
www.giss.nasa.gov/data/landuse/vegeem.html

Hope it helps.


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tazdog (X)
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Local time: 07:34
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SCLEROPHYLL


Explanation:
DRY SCLEROPHYLL FOREST - "THE BUSH"

Dry sclerophyll forest is well named. These areas have a limited amount of rain each year. In dry periods, plants have to live on the nutrients they've stored.



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