tussock high country

Portuguese translation: planalto com a gramínea tussock

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English term or phrase:tussock high country
Portuguese translation:planalto com a gramínea tussock
Entered by: Marco Schaumloeffel

02:57 Jan 27, 2006
English to Portuguese translations [Non-PRO]
Geography / Portuguese BR
English term or phrase: tussock high country
The Heaphy Track covers 78km of forest, tussock high country, river valley and coast
Marcella S.
New Zealand
Local time: 12:55
planalto de/com (a gramínea) tussock
Explanation:
tussock é um tipo de capim avermelhado originário da Nova Zelândia que tb existe em outros locais. O lugar onde ele cresce é um planalto. Muitas vezes há referência ao lugar como simplesmente "tussock high country" mas a traducao em PT seria "planalto de tussock". Veja algumas referências que talvez ajudem:
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:SNuauzODjgYJ:globoreport...
http://www.maf.govt.nz/mafnet/rural-nz/sustainable-resource-...
in search of better fortune as BidiBidi, an independently minded sheep, moves from tussock high country to lowland grasslands in search of better times. ...
www.gavinbishop.com/mckenzie.shtml
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Marco Schaumloeffel
Local time: 20:55
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4planalto de/com (a gramínea) tussock
Marco Schaumloeffel
4planaltos com tufos de grama
rhandler
3região de terras altas coberta com a a gramínea tussock
Claudio Mazotti


  

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planalto de/com (a gramínea) tussock


Explanation:
tussock é um tipo de capim avermelhado originário da Nova Zelândia que tb existe em outros locais. O lugar onde ele cresce é um planalto. Muitas vezes há referência ao lugar como simplesmente "tussock high country" mas a traducao em PT seria "planalto de tussock". Veja algumas referências que talvez ajudem:
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:SNuauzODjgYJ:globoreport...
http://www.maf.govt.nz/mafnet/rural-nz/sustainable-resource-...
in search of better fortune as BidiBidi, an independently minded sheep, moves from tussock high country to lowland grasslands in search of better times. ...
www.gavinbishop.com/mckenzie.shtml


Marco Schaumloeffel
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região de terras altas coberta com a a gramínea tussock


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Claudio Mazotti
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planaltos com tufos de grama


Explanation:
"tussock", segundo o Babylon, são tufos de grama (cluster of grass), sendo perfeitamente traduzível.


    Reference: http://www.babylon.com
rhandler
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