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French translation: Marée haute moyenne de Vives Eaux

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English term or phrase:mean high water spring
French translation:Marée haute moyenne de Vives Eaux
Entered by: GILLES MEUNIER

09:58 Jan 16, 2013
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Meteorology / tides
English term or phrase: mean high water spring
no context, part of a table with elevations in meter for mean high/low water spring, mean high/low water neap and mean highest/lowest astronomical tide. Elevation values in m are approximately 2 m.
Neydou
France
Local time: 07:13
Marée haute moyenne de Vives Eaux
Explanation:
http://www.ifremer.fr/web-com/glossary/glossa39.htm
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GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 07:13
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4 +3Marée haute moyenne de Vives Eaux
GILLES MEUNIER
3pleine mer de vive-eau moyenne
florence metzger
1(niveau de) marée haute lors des grandes marées
Tony M


  

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Marée haute moyenne de Vives Eaux


Explanation:
http://www.ifremer.fr/web-com/glossary/glossa39.htm

GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 07:13
Native speaker of: French
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agree  Tony M
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agree  Alain Boulé
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
(niveau de) marée haute lors des grandes marées


Explanation:
Literal, no idea if this would be the correct forumation in FR.

It means the average sea level at high tide (i.e. at its highest point) during the period of the spring tides.

One would expect the mean H/W springs to be slightly higher than the mean neaps (where there is a smaller variaiton between high and low tide).

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Note added at 20 mins (2013-01-16 10:19:24 GMT)
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Sorry, I forgot the '(niveau) moyen'!

Tony M
France
Local time: 07:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
pleine mer de vive-eau moyenne


Explanation:
une suggestion..

florence metzger
Local time: 07:13
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