côtes peu découpées

English translation: unbroken coastline

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French term or phrase:côtes peu découpées
English translation:unbroken coastline
Entered by: Ana Vozone

15:09 Sep 20, 2016
French to English translations [PRO]
Science - Science (general) / Global Warming - coasts of africa
French term or phrase: côtes peu découpées
This is taken from an article on global warming, the effects on biodiversity in Africa, including the coasts.

Sentence: "Le continent africain... Ses côtes, peu découpées, sont longues de plus de X km"

If "découpé" is jagged/cragged, what is the opposite in this context? "Smooth".

Any help would be appreciated..

Thanks.
Mr.Q
Netherlands
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unbroken coastline
Explanation:
Many occurrences.

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3 +3unbroken coastline
Ana Vozone
4regular coastline
Margarida Martins Costelha
4Smooth coastline
Drmanu49


  

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regular coastline


Explanation:
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Margarida Martins Costelha
Portugal
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unbroken coastline


Explanation:
Many occurrences.

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Example sentence(s):
  • a sound which entirely escaped the notice of Sir John Ross in his expedition of 1828; his charts indicated an unbroken coastline, with the least irregularities
  • A unique region of France with a long and storied history – Brittany also features the longest unbroken coastline in the country.
Ana Vozone
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yolanda Broad: More ghits for unbroken than for anything else I could find. (It looks like other translators, on the other hand, have chosen terms such as "just slightly jagged")
37 mins
  -> Thank you, Yolanda!

agree  Tony M: Yes, I'd be inclined to say "relatively unbroken coastline" to convey the idea of 'peu'
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Tony and, yes, "relatively" really improves my suggestion! Thanks.

agree  Patrice
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Patrice!
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Smooth coastline


Explanation:
What is a smooth coastline - Answers.com
www.answers.com › ... › Geography › Bodies of Water › Coastlines
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a Smooth Coastline is flat or even land or even water lying adjacent to a shortline.

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Gregory W. Smith - 2013 - ‎Law
RV1 was to be built about 90 km from the smooth coastline near Port Hedland. This meant that, according to the Australian Standards, it was located in cyclonic ...

Drmanu49
France
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