Aue

English translation: riparian pasture

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German term or phrase:Aue
English translation:riparian pasture
Entered by: IngoSchuder

06:49 Jul 22, 2016
German to English translations [PRO]
Science - Environment & Ecology
German term or phrase: Aue
Ich suche gute Übersetzung für das Wort Aue (Flussaue). Es handelt sich um ein Amphibienschutzprojekt, in dem auch nachhaltige Beweidung eine Rolle spielt.

Bisherige gedanken:
Aue = pasture, meadow lea

das Wort "river pasture" oder "water pasture" habe ich in diesem zusammenhang auf englischen webseiten nicht gefunden, aber "water meadow". Das problem ist das "meadow Wiese heisst und nicht Weide.

Floodplain hat negative connotations im Englischen (Hochwasser/Überflutung)

Irgendwelche Ideen?
IngoSchuder
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:22
riparian pasture
Explanation:
Might do the job if you need to distinguish pasture from meadow.

I certainly wouldn't use "river basin" - that refers to the entire catchment area of a river and is far larger than the wetlands close to the river.
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Armorel Young
Local time: 10:22
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2riparian pasture
Armorel Young
5bottomland
Liane Poost
3 +2alluvial plain / floodplain
Steffen Beilich
3 +1Alluvial pasture/meadow...
Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET
3 +1Water meadow/ wet meadows
Manasi Divekar (X)
3river basin
Ramey Rieger (X)


Discussion entries: 12





  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
river basin


Explanation:
Since you need two terms for a similar terrain, I would do it thusly.

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 11:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Eleanore Strauss: too broad... river basin is generally a much larger area
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Alluvial pasture/meadow...


Explanation:
I have translated these "Au" areas in the past using the adjective alluvial...

Lesley Robertson MA, Dip Trans IoLET
Austria
Local time: 11:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Eleanore Strauss: alluvial meadow (not pasture in this context) or flood plain - commonly used as far back as the Nile delta flood plain...
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
riparian pasture


Explanation:
Might do the job if you need to distinguish pasture from meadow.

I certainly wouldn't use "river basin" - that refers to the entire catchment area of a river and is far larger than the wetlands close to the river.

Armorel Young
Local time: 10:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 52
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paul Cohen: or "riverside pasture(s)"
8 hrs

neutral  Liane Poost: "riparian zone" maybe, because there are mostly trees in Auen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riparian_zone
2 days 1 hr

agree  Steffen Beilich
2 days 2 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Water meadow/ wet meadows


Explanation:
Have found these terms on below given websites, but I am not entirely sure, whether they match the context.







    Reference: http://www.dict.cc/?s=Aue
    Reference: http://www.epa.gov/wetlands/wet-meadows
Manasi Divekar (X)
Germany
Local time: 11:22
Native speaker of: Native in MarathiMarathi, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Axel Dittmer: both work:http://www.testvalley.gov.uk/tvlcp/print/vol1_lca5c.html https://www.epa.gov/wetlands/wet-meadows
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2 days 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
bottomland


Explanation:


Aue = Flussniederung
http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Aue_Wiesengelaende_Insel
http://synonyme.woxikon.de/synonyme/aue.php
http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Flussniederung
https://www.dict.cc/?s=flussniederung
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/de/definition/englisch_usa...



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Note added at 2 days1 hr (2016-07-24 08:34:30 GMT)
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Unfortunately, "The Shire" according to Tolkien doesn't fit in this case.

Liane Poost
Germany
Local time: 11:22
Native speaker of: German
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2 days 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
alluvial plain / floodplain


Explanation:
"morphologisch bedingtes ehemaliges oder aktuelles Überschwemmungsgebiet eines Wasserlaufs"

Source: Johann Schreiner: Praxis-Wörterbuch Umwelt, Naturschutz, Nachhaltigkeit



    https://www.bfn.de/0203_lenzen+M52087573ab0.html
Steffen Beilich
Germany
Local time: 11:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Eleanore Strauss: As per my initial suggestion in the conversation! In my opinion this is the best suggestion here.
3 days 3 hrs

agree  Björn Vrooman: I don't think alluvial plain should be chosen here; its use is even discouraged in US papers if you could as well say "floodplain" (bilingual dics aren't the best source for EN terms if published by non-ENS, I guess). Agree to second (Elli's) choice.
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