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Spanish term or phrase:
DESCOLMATACIÓN DEL CAUCE DEL RIO
English translation:
Re-channeling and dredging
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DESCOLMATACIÓN DEL CAUCE DEL RIO
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The sentence I have is the following: "ENCAUSAMIENTO Y DESCOLMATACIÓN DEL CAUCE DEL RIO", it is part of the description of activities for an ISO requirement. I understand it has something to do with cleaning the riverbed, but I cannot find a proper word for it.
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Re-channeling and dredging
Encauzamiento: channeling o en este caso, re-channeling, pues el río ya tendría su cauce. Es darle ancho y/o profundidad.
Y descolmatar es dragar, limpiar el fondo: dredge
Descolmatar es 'limpiar los fondos de los ríos o lagunas donde se han ido depositando residuos sólidos'. (Fundeu http://www.fundeu.es/consulta/descolmatar-12611/)
Y descolmatar es dragar, limpiar el fondo: dredge
Descolmatar es 'limpiar los fondos de los ríos o lagunas donde se han ido depositando residuos sólidos'. (Fundeu http://www.fundeu.es/consulta/descolmatar-12611/)
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MPGS
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Thomas Walker
: A term commonly used for "encauzamiento", at least in the U.S., is "channelization". It is commonly used for re-establishing the channel of a waterway of some kind, probably more than it is for establishing a new channel.
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