05:43 Mar 25, 2017 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Science - Geography / Mexico | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Muriel Vasconcellos United States Local time: 14:33 | ||||||
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3 +4 | sill |
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3 | canyon / canyons |
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Glosario de Geología Inglés – Español |
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canyon / canyons Explanation: Suggestion. https://www.google.pt/search?q=www google com&aq=0&oq=www.go... |
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sill Explanation: From maps of the sea floor of the Gulf, there appear to be two reefs/slopes/banks, one called the 'Florida-Bahamas platform' at the channel flowing into the Atlantic and another one north of Yucatán called the 'Campeche bank', where the Gulf flows into the Caribbean (Cuba separates the two exits). See the map at: https://juragan-poster.com/product/jual-poster-peta-national... But all that said, in the end I'm going with your idea of 'sill', because that's what it's functioning as, even though the geological description may be different. Here is the text that convinced me: From: https://www.data.boem.gov/PI/PDFImages/ESPIS/5/5442.pdf "BACKGROUND: The flow through Yucatan Channel (upper 1000 m) is known as the Yucatan Current; it is considered the principal forcing agent of the circulation in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) and its variability has significant implications for the dynamics within the GoM and the circulation in the Western Subtropical Atlantic. The Yucatan Current, characterized by a strong jet on the western side of the channel, becomes the Loop Current within the GoM and exits **through the Straits of Florida over its 700 m sill.** Below 700 m, there is flow into the Caribbean over the Yucatan slope. On the eastern side of channel (east of 86.5ºW), there are flows into the Caribbean, particularly an intermittent near-surface flow close to Cuba, known as the Cuban Countercurrent, and a deeper flow below it." |
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