cobertura vegetativa baja, arbustiva

English translation: low vegetative cover, shrubs,

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Spanish term or phrase:cobertura vegetativa baja, arbustiva
English translation:low vegetative cover, shrubs,
Entered by: Taña Dalglish

23:01 Jan 14, 2019
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Forestry / Wood / Timber / topography
Spanish term or phrase: cobertura vegetativa baja, arbustiva
Hola el siguiente es un extracto sobre la geografía de una provincia:

En la provincia se pueden definir cuatro tipos principales de relieve: de llanura, de mesetas, de colinas y relieve de montañas, este último es el que predomina, por el sub-paisaje de laderas y cadenas montañosas. El territorio está compuesto por montañas las que en su mayoría están protegidas por cobertura vegetativa baja, arbustiva, matorrales y de bosques

Traducción:
Four main types of reliefs are identified in this province, specifically plains, plateaus, hills and mountains. The latter is the predominant relief due to/ that combines hillsides and mountain ranges. The territory is surrounded by several mountains, and most of them are covered by a topsoil strip that contains shrubs and scrubland.

o quizas a low-level topsoil strip
Lydianette Soza
Belize
Local time: 05:55
low vegetative cover, shrubs,
Explanation:
low vegetative cover, shrubs, ...

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Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 06:55
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2 +4low vegetative cover, shrubs,
Taña Dalglish
3 +1low vegetation cover, shrub
Manuel Bas y Mansilla


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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
low vegetation cover, shrub


Explanation:
Arbustivo también puedes traducirlo como 'bushy' o decir arbustos, 'bushes'.


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La opción de Taña también es correcta, así como coverage, pero 'vegetation cover' es más utilizada.

Example sentence(s):
  • Improvement in remote sensing of low vegetation cover
  • the best result for low vegetation cover.

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Manuel Bas y Mansilla
Netherlands
Native speaker of: Spanish

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agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: I agree that 'vegetation cover' is more widely used.
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +4
low vegetative cover, shrubs,


Explanation:
low vegetative cover, shrubs, ...

goo.gl/7YYd6D

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Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 06:55
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Or low-growing vegetation.
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agree  MollyRose
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agree  Thomas Walker: "Vegetative cover" is the common term of art in forestry, ecology, etc.
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  -> Thank you Tom.

agree  Wendy Streitparth: With Phil.
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