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curvas a nivel

English translation: contour line

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Spanish term or phrase:curvas a nivel
English translation:contour line
Entered by: Angel_7

10:07 Oct 14, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Agriculture
Spanish term or phrase: curvas a nivel
Estamos facilitando un plan piloto para mejorar el uso de la tierra por medio de curvas a nivel.

I found this on the Internet regarding the term:

Una curva a nivel es el trazo de una línea perpendi-cular a la pendiente,en la cual,todos los puntos están alineados al mismo nivel.

The question is, what is the exact term in English. Level curves/contours?
Angel_7
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:42
contour line
Explanation:
contour line = curva de nivel, cota
Selected response from:

Marisa Pavan
Argentina
Local time: 11:42
Grading comment
Confirmed by client, thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2contour line
Marisa Pavan
4 +1level curves
telefpro
4contour check/value/interval
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
4elevation contours
Edward Tully
4stepped terraces
Refugio


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
contour check/value/interval


Explanation:
PDF] GLOSARIO DE TÉRMINOS AGRONÓMICOS Departamento de Agronomía ...Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
CONTOUR: contorno, perfil, curva de nivel. CONTOUR CHECK METHOD: método de. curvas a nivel. CONTOUR PLANTING: siembra a nivel. CONTOUR PLOWING: aradura

Estudio Chaia y Asoc.... Datum Cero de la Carta Check Point ---> Punto de Comprobación; ... Trazo Manual de Curvas de Nivel Contour Value ---> Valor de la Curva de Nivel ...
www.chaia-asoc.com.ar/glosario.htm - 68k - En caché - Páginas similares


Estudio Chaia y Asoc.... Datum Cero de la Carta Check Point ---> Punto de Comprobación; ... Trazo Manual de Curvas de Nivel Contour Value ---> Valor de la Curva de Nivel ...
www.chaia-asoc.com.ar/glosario.htm - 68k - En caché - Páginas similares

Glossary of Geographic and Environmental Terms... Chart Datum / Datum Cero de la Carta Check Point / Punto de Comprobación; ... Contour / Curva de Nivel Contour Interval / Equidistancia entre Curvas de ...
www.bic.state.tx.us/Trans Border Glossary.htm - 56k - En caché - Páginas similares




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trazo manual de curvas a nivel = contour sketching

Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
Local time: 16:42
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 66
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
level curves


Explanation:
there are lots of entries in Google.


telefpro
Local time: 20:12
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cesar Serrano: yes!
31 mins
  -> thanks, Cesar
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
elevation contours


Explanation:
Elevation contours extraction from a color-coded relief scanned ...elevation contours from a color-codcd relief map. The pa-. per is organized as follows. A. prcprocessing method using a. WHMM (wavelet domain hiddcn Markov ...
ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/9716/30678/01421399.pdf?arnumber=1421399 - Páginas similares

Extraction of Elevation Contours from Topographic Maps- [ Traduzca esta página ]Extraction of Elevation Contours from Topographic Maps.
www.cim.mcgill.ca/research/95-96AnnualReport/node32.html - 4k - En caché - Páginas similares

[PDF] Comparison of the Elevation Contours based on DTM from NGI and DEM ...Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versión en HTML
UTM projection system. This created shapefile with the elevation contours was then imported in WindPro in which it was converted to the. WAsP map file. ...
www.dataforwind.com/doc/comparison.pdf - Páginas similares

1-Foot Elevation Contours with Aerial Photographs - City of Fargo- [ Traduzca esta página ]1-Foot Elevation Contours with Aerial Photographs ... Neighborhood Elevation 1-Foot Contour Maps with Air Photos. File Format. Adobe PDF. File Size ...
www.cityoffargo.com/Maps/1-FootElevationContourswithAerialP... - 11k - En caché - Páginas similares


Edward Tully
Local time: 16:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 92
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
contour line


Explanation:
contour line = curva de nivel, cota

Marisa Pavan
Argentina
Local time: 11:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Confirmed by client, thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  LiaBarros
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Lia!
agree  Cecilia Della Croce
14 hrs
  -> Thanks, Cecilia!
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
stepped terraces


Explanation:
in the agricultural context

Refugio
Local time: 07:42
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 46
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