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SLAPOVI / SLOVENSKO-ANGLEšKI SLOVAR (marec 1996) -English Waterfall Dictionary (March 1996) |
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| Alpe = the Alps
alpinum, alpinetum = Alpine botanic garden apnenec = limestone |
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| balvan = boulder (big rock, which was brought by the glacier)
breča = breccia (sticked rubble) bruhalnik = vent-hole (karst feature - Boka, Soča spring, Savica spring, Nadiža spring...) brezno = abyss brzice = stream with very fast flow, (white waters, rapids) bučač = very noisy waterfall bučanje = roaring, booming bučati = to roar, to boom |
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| curek = a jet of water |
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| desno = right
dež = rain dihalnik = breathing hole (karst feature), hole where air from the karst underground is comming out dolbina = cavity, excavation dolbeči slap (tip) = excavating waterfall drasla, draslja = hollow in a stone like a pot drseči slap = waterfall with the flow on the rock slope (slope must be more than 45 degrees) drsnik = waterfall with the flow on the rock slope (slope must be more than 45 degrees) |
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| enopramenski slap = waterfall with one stream
enostopenjski slap = waterfall with one grade evorzija = excavation with the water (with the sand and rubble) |
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| fliš = flysch (crockery with exchanging layer of the marl and sandstone) |
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globel = dell (ozka globel = gulch - narrow dell)
globok = deep gora = mountain gorska steza = montain track graben = ditch *fig. = ravine grapa = ravine, mountain gorge grmečica = very noisy waterfall or stream grmenje = roaring, booming grmeti = to roar, to boom groblja = heap of stones grušč = rubble ( very small and sharp stones, very small sharp rocks) guba = fault |
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| hidrografija = hydrography
hidrologija = hydrology hrib = hill hudournik = steep mountain stream which flow is dramatically increased after the rain, torrent |
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intermitentni studenec = intermittent spring
izdolbina = cavity izvir = spring |
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jama = cave
jezero = lake Julijci = Julian Alps (short name), Alps on the north-west part of Slovenia) Julijske Alpe = Julian Alps |
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kamenina = crockery
kanjon = canyon Karavanke = Karavanken mountains (Alps on the northern part of Slovenia) kaskada = cascade (many sequenced small waterfalls) katarakt = cataract (very high waterfall with very strong permanent and quite wide water flow) klavže = a dam used to retain water for the trunks floating into the riverbed. konjski rep = horsetail (waterfall like plunge waterfalll) korito = evorsion channel (water channel excavated in a crockery) kotel = small oval valley kotla = like "drasla", but much larger (larger hollow in a stone like a pot) kotlina = sink, hollow, depression, basin kras = karst, limestone region, (English word "karst" is coming from "kras") Kras = limestone region in Slovenia kraški pojav = karst feature |
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| ledenik = glacier
ledeniška groblja = moraine, heap of stones (because of the glacier) lehnjak = tufa (tufa waterfalls are constructive waterfalls) levo = left ležarca = stream with the slide waterfalls (and very steep streambed - "it lie on the slope"), old name luknja = hole |
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| m (meter) = metre (
1 m = 3,28 feet) markacija = mountain sign (In Slovenia red circle with white center painted along the footpathl) mehek = soft moč = power morena = moraine, heap of stones (because of the glacier) morenski = morainic |
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| na dnu = at the bottom
naklon = slope, inclination |
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obrh = strong karst spring below the rock wall
odtok = drainage odtočna voda = drainage (water) opis = description ovinek = turn ozka globel = gulch - narrow dell |
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| pahljačasti slap = fan ( waterfall, which is narrow on the top nad
wide on the bottom)
padec = fall parabola = parabola, plunge (waterfall with free-falling water, without coming into contact with the rock wall) pesek = sand plast = stratum plitev = shallow, not deep pojav = feature (kraški pojav = karst feature) ponikalnica = river or a stream which sink in the karst underground porečje = river basin poplava = flood, overflow Posavje = basin of the river Sava Posočje = basin of the river Soča potok = stream, creek, brook povirje = upper part of the river stream where are springs pramen = stream (dvopramenski slap = waterfall divided on two streams) prelaz = mountain pass prelomnica = fault prepad = abyss pritok (potoka,reke) = affluent (stream, river) prosto padajoči slap = plunge (waterfall with free-falling water, without coming into contact with the rock wall) |
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rečica = small river
rokav (rečni) = branch of the river |
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| skakalec = jumper (waterfall with the jump - plunge waterfall from
1 to 3 m)
skala = rock, cliff skočnik, skačnik = like "slapič", but in cascades, jumper skok = plunge (waterfall with free-falling water, but not necessary by the name, example: Skok) slap = waterfall slap iza plastnice = waterfall hidden from the back of the fault (the rock wall) slapič = usually fall less than 5 m, little waterfall slapišče = stream with two or more waterfalls on very short distance slapovi = waterfalls (pl.) Slovenija = Slovenia sneg = snow snežnica = snow-water (stream from the melting snow or glacier) solzaj = very thin and permanent spring or stream, permanently wet rockwall with thin springs sopot, sapet, supot = old name for waterfall, usually stream where are whitewaters or small waterfalls sopotnica = stream where are waterfalls (old name) soteska = ravine, dell, glen, canyon spodaj = below spodnji = lower srednji = middle steza = path, footpath (gorska steza = montain track) struga = riverbed, streambed stopnja = grade, gradient, stage strmec = slope of the steam or river stran = side studenec = spring, well |
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| širina = width, latitude
šum = very noisy waterfall (but not necessarily), "noise maker" šumelišče = white waters, stream with two or more (noisy) waterfalls on very short distance šumnik = stream where are very noisy waterfalls |
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| talnica = underground water
tesen = very narrow valley with river or brook tok (vodni) = flow tolmun = stream pool, river pool trd = hard |
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| umikajoči slap = waterfall with withdraw (such waterfall is slowly moving up to the steam) |
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| večpramenski slap = waterfall with two or more streams
večstopenjski slap = waterfall with two or more grades vintgar = very deep and narrow canyon višina = height, elevation voda = water vrh = top, peak vrtinec =whirlpool (vodni vrtinec = whirlpool of water) |
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| zaganjalka = intermittent spring
zgoraj = above zgornji = upper |
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| žleb = channel
žlebiči = grooves (karst phenomenon where corroded limestone rock surface is proceeded by corrosion according to inclination of the rock). |
| štetje = Counting |
| prvi = the first
drugi = the second tretji = the third četrti = the fourth peti = the fifth šesti = the sixth sedmi = the seventh osmi = the eight deveti = the ninth |
| številke = Numbers |
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1, ena = one
2, dva = two 3, tri = three 4, štiri = four 5, pet = five 6, šest = six 7, sedem = seven 8, osem = eihgt 9, devet = nine 10, deset = ten |
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