América se caracteriza por disposición del relieve

inglés translation: America is characterized by its unique topography

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Término o frase en español:	América se caracteriza por disposición del relieve
Traducción al inglés:	America is characterized by its unique topography
Aportado por:	Remy Arce

12:12 Jul 13, 2009

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Término o frase en español: América se caracteriza por disposición del relieve

In a children's textbook, America "se caracteriza por disposición del relieve, ríos caudalosos, grandes lagos y diferenceias costeras".

Does this mean that America is characterised by the way its terrain is laid out?

I find this a bit confusing. Wouldn't every territory be characterised by the way its land is laid out?

Thanks for your help.

Alison Imms

America is characterized by its unique topography

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Remy Arce
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America is characterized by its unique topography

Remy Arce

The Americas / America is characterized by the arrangement of the slopes

Michael Powers (PhD)

America is known for its mountain ranges

T o b i a s

3 +1

Characteristics of America are its mountain ranges, (its rivers....)

Noni Gilbert Riley

America characterizes itself by the arrangement/layout of terrain

Yasutomo Kanazawa

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7 minutos Nivel de confianza:

The Americas / America is characterized by the arrangement of the slopes

Explicación:
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Environmental Systems: An Introductory Text - Google Books Result
by I. D. White, S. J. Harrison, D. N. Mottershead - 1992 - Science - 632 pages
The relationships between these elements - the arrangement of the slopes composing the land surface, the river, the solid bedrock and the sediments ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0748740813... -
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On the frequency distribution of land slope
Department of Geography, State University ..... Rather, the orientation and spatial arrangement of the slopes appear to be the most important criteria ..... 'Asymmetrical valleys of the Chiltern Hills', Geographical Journal, ...
doi.wiley.com/10.1002/esp.3290120203 - Similar -
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Image Cover Sheet
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around the geography of the Gatineau Hills region that involved locating ..... scaled differently to better indicate the spatial arrangement of the slopes). ...
pubs.drdc.gc.ca/PDFS/zbc85/p513881.pdf - Similar -
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Full text of "A geography of the world"
AN ideal course in Geography would deal with the quantitative measurement and expression of the facts as to the geographical conditions under which man ...
www.archive.org/.../geographyofworld00walluoft/geographyofw... - Cached - Similar -
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ČASOPIS ČESKÉHO TUNELÁŘSKÉHO KOMITÉTU A SLOVENSKEJ TUNELÁRSKEJ ...
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(Geographical Information System) platform. The GIS platform provides the ...... The spatial arrangement of the slopes in the locations of both portals, ...
www.ita-aites.cz/files/tunel/komplet/tunel_4_07.pdf - Similar -

Mike :)

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Note added at 7 mins (2009-07-13 12:20:00 GMT)
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Obviously is meaning "The Americas" it would be "are"

Michael Powers (PhD)
Estados Unidos
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9 minutos Nivel de confianza:

Coincidencias de otros usuarios (netas) +4

America is characterized by its unique topography

Explicación:
another perspective

Remy Arce
Estados Unidos
Local time: 11:20
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12 minutos Nivel de confianza:

America characterizes itself by the arrangement/layout of terrain

Explicación:
America characterizes itself by the arrangement/layout of terrain, rivers with large flows, big lakes and coastal differences.

I think that America is characterized by the way its terrain is laid out, and since there is no mentioning of which "America", I believe the sentence is talking about America including North, Middle and South. I believe the sentence wants to say that America has different faces characterized by the explanation of the terrain, rivers, lakes and coastal differences, i.e. a continent with different faces.

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japón
Local time: 00:20
Idioma materno: japonés

1 hora Nivel de confianza:

America is known for its mountain ranges

Explicación:
Since this is for a children's geography book, (what age?) I think it's best to keep it simple.

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-07-13 13:56:58 GMT)
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Since 'mountain ranges' is out, I would start the sentence with "America is known for its characteristic terrain, ...

Ejemplos de uso:

Wyoming state is in the northwestern region of United States and is known for its mountain ranges which surround half the state.

Referencia: http://www.visitusa.com/wyoming/beaches/index.htm

T o b i a s
Idioma materno: inglés

8 minutos Nivel de confianza:

Coincidencias de otros usuarios (netas) +1

Characteristics of America are its mountain ranges, (its rivers....)

Explicación:
Oh, "Se caracteriza por"... This is just the kind of sentence I can imagine children learning off by heart, but having precious little idea of the meaning. Am I going to far with my simplified translation?!

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Note added at 9 mins (2009-07-13 12:21:57 GMT)
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NOT having a good typo day: "going TOO far". Sorry.

And I would stress that I have tried to offer a version that is child-friendly (all the more reason to apologise for the typo!)

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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-07-13 16:30:38 GMT)
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Mountain ranges won't work after all - too loose and doesn't work in the context of the rest of the text book.

We're talking about 12/13 year-olds, so I was probably pitching a bit too childish.

Perhaps, still departing quite some way from the Spanish style: *America is to be recognised by its terrain*.

I find "disposición" tautologous. Terrain has to be laid out!

Noni Gilbert Riley
España
Local time: 17:20
Idioma materno: inglés
Pts. PRO en la categoría: 12

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