molto articolato e dalle rive sfrangiate

English translation: quite varied and with a jagged shoreline

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Italian term or phrase:molto articolato e dalle rive sfrangiate
English translation:quite varied and with a jagged shoreline
Entered by: Barbara Cochran, MFA

20:48 Jun 30, 2016
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Geography / In A Historical Novel
Italian term or phrase: molto articolato e dalle rive sfrangiate
Contesto:

Quasi al limite occidentale del Golfo di Cadice, a poca distanza da Capo San Vincenzo, sfocia un piccolo fiume, il Rio Besafrim, che allora, come molti altri corsi d'acqua lungo la stessa costa, prima di gettarsi nell'oceano, formava un ampio bacino molto articolato e dalle rive sfrangiate - poi bonificato e trasformato in un porticciolo, - nel quale la marea mescolava di continuo le sue acque con quelle salse del mare.

Grazie Mille,

Barbara
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 04:44
quite varied and with a jagged shoreline
Explanation:
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Helen Pringle
Italy
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Summary of answers provided
4a very diversified bay with a craggy coastline
Lisa Jane
3clearly marked and with an indented coastline
Yana P
3quite varied and with a jagged shoreline
Helen Pringle


  

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clearly marked and with an indented coastline


Explanation:
If something is indented, its edge or surface is uneven because parts of it have been worn away or cut away. (Abbyy lingvo)

Example sentence(s):
  • ...a voyage down Chile's indented coastline. (Abbyy lingvo)
  • coastline of Atlantic Ocean is highly indented(ZizZag line) , this irregular & indented coastline provides ideal location for natural harbors & port.Atlantic Ocean is the busiest Ocean from the business & commerce point of view.

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Yana P
Ukraine
Local time: 10:44
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
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a very diversified bay with a craggy coastline


Explanation:
articolato is the equivalent of diversified which is often used in geographical descriptions to indicate variations of the territory

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The surface of the department consists of undulating and well-wooded plains, intersected by numerous valleys, and diversified in the north-east by hilly ground which forms a part of the mountain system of the Ardennes.
- The great extent of Argentina in latitude - about 33° - and its range in altitude from sea-level westward to the permanently snow-covered peaks of the Andes, give it a highly diversified climate,, which is further modified by prevailing winds and mountain barriers..
The island is diversified in its surface, and is traversed from north to south by an elevated mountain range, the highest point of which is called Atairo (anc. Atabyris or Atabyrium) (4560 ft.).
Throughout the whole of this vast area, their monotonous surfaces are diversified by only a few, and, for the most part, low, hilly tracts.
Of this line the forests are of great extent and densely grown, more frequently diversified by marshes than by meadows or cultivated fields.


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examples of craggy or cragged coastline-a common collocation

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These included colourful fishing boats in Mediterranean harbours, cragged Scandinavian fjord scenes, sunny beaches in Brazil, mudflat hikers on the North Sea coast and much more.

This is a town on the southwest of the Tramuntana mountain range with a spectacular landscape featuring farming terraces and a cragged coastline that extends from Racó de S'Algar to Port del Canonge.




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Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 09:44
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quite varied and with a jagged shoreline


Explanation:
could be

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Note added at 1 day20 hrs (2016-07-02 17:12:28 GMT) Post-grading
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Wow - thanks

Helen Pringle
Italy
Local time: 09:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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