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incendio de copa

English translation: a crown fire / canopy fire

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Spanish term or phrase:incendio de copa
English translation:a crown fire / canopy fire
Entered by: DLyons

14:31 Sep 24, 2014
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Forestry / Wood / Timber
Spanish term or phrase: incendio de copa
I am not finding information on what "de copa" means, but this is the text in question: "El tipo de incendio fue de copa y devasto los tres tipos de estratos: Arbóreo, arbustivo y herbáceo."

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Seth Phillips
United States
Local time: 21:40
a crown fire
Explanation:
"a forest fire that advances with great speed jumping from crown to crown ahead of the ground fire"
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DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 02:40
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3a crown fire
DLyons
3 +3canopy fire
liz askew


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
a crown fire


Explanation:
"a forest fire that advances with great speed jumping from crown to crown ahead of the ground fire"

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 02:40
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Liz's answer is OK too. http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=copa
10 mins
  -> Thanks Phil. Yes, same difference :-)
agree  Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
44 mins
  -> Gracias Alejandro.
agree  neilmac
1 hr
  -> Thanks neilmac.
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
canopy fire


Explanation:
Two Kinds of Forest Fire and The Logic of Prescribed Burning
www.pinchot.com/.../-two-kinds-of-forest-fire-and-the-logic...
21 Mar 2010 - Canopy fires also send out balls of superheated gasses that can jump half a mile as a cloud of smoke and then burst into flame when they get ...

just checking other references

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Note added at 11 mins (2014-09-24 14:43:44 GMT)
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fire ecology - Weber State University
faculty.weber.edu/sharley/AIFT/fire-ecology.htm
Impacts of fire differ depending on the type of ecosystem, the intensity of the fire and the ... There are three major types of fires; surface, canopy and ground fires.

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Note added at 12 mins (2014-09-24 14:44:50 GMT)
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Wildland Fire - An Overview of Wildland Fires - Geography
geography.about.com › ... › Climate Change and Global Issues
There are three different types of wildland fires, each with varying intensity. The first of these ... ****The final type of wildland fire is a crown or canopy fire***. These are ...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes
44 mins
agree  neilmac
1 hr
agree  Elizabeth Slaney
21 hrs
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