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Portuguese to English Environment & Ecology Translation Glossary

Portuguese term English translation
água de lastro ballast water
área de contenção containment area
área de recarga recharge area / areas of recharge
área de sacrifício sacrifice areas
Entered by: Matheus Chaud
área degradada degraded area
Entered by: R. Alex Jenkins
áreas de igarapés bayou areas
áreas descobertas Open areas/Outside
áreas devolutas and editais unclaimed (vacant) areas and public notices
índices de área verde per capita rates of green areas per inhabitant
“ocos de pau” ou “gaiteiras” hollow trunks or red mangroves
Bacia de adução (water) supply basin
bacia de contribuição hidráulica contributory watershed basin
bagaço de cana sugar cane bagasse
balsa de garimpo prospecting raft
barragem dam
barragem hídrica water supply
barraqueiros street/beach vendors
barreiros clay licks..clay pits...clay cliffs
Entered by: airmailrpl
Base 0 baseline (0)
bem-estar well-being
bens ambientais environmental assets
biótico biotic
boa insolação good sun exposure (OR exposure to the sun)
bobina de retenção do material particulado particulate material retention bin
cabina de flamejamento flaming booth/cubicle
Cadeia alimentar Trophic networks/ Food Chains / Food networks
caixa de areia dinâmica Dynamic sand filters
Entered by: airmailrpl
camas de pegadas sand pads
Campinas / Campinaranas prairies / savannas (prairies with trees)
canaleta da oficina workshop drainage trough
canteiro mining site
capacidade de monta mating capacity
capatazaria foreman quarters/area
captação (in this context) withdrawal
Entered by: Fernando Domeniconi
captação dos particulados capture of particulates
caranguejos e siris crabs (in general) and crustaceans of the family Portunidae
carcinicultura shrimp farming/crustacean aquaculture
catador de lixo trash picker
Entered by: airmailrpl
CD (Centro de Distribuição) DC (Distribution Center)
Entered by: Matheus Chaud
Certificado de Compra em Lota (PT Pt) [Docapesca-issued] CCL – PROOF OF PURCHASE AT AUCTION
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