ríos encajonados
English translation: confined rivers
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| 06:21 Mar 6, 2016 |
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|  Selected response from: Wendy Streitparth Germany Local time: 01:30 | ||||||
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| 3 +4 | confined rivers |
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| 4 | narrow rivers |
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| 4 | channelled/banked rivers |
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1 hr confidence: 
narrow rivers Explanation: From the Oxford Spanish: encajonar [A1] verbo transitivo n encajonarse v pron «río» to narrow |
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3 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +4
peer agreement (net): +4confined rivers Explanation: Confined rivers are those where the channel is constrained along more than 90% of its length by bedrock valley margins. Types include gorges and steep headwater rivers. http://atlas.nsw.gov.au/public/nsw/home/topic/article/river-... Given their steep slopes, confined rivers in mountain settings tend to have high flood power ... https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=L2ZFVunPMPwC&pg=PT219&lp... |
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