Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italiano term or phrase:
ansa (di una gravina)
Inglese translation:
stretch [here]
Italiano term
Italia
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ansa (di una valle)
da quello più scuro e più compatto dei lecci, che dal fondo si inerpicano ricoprendo i coni detritici alla base delle pareti, a quello più chiaro e brillante del Carpino orientale (Carpinus orientalis) che occupa i versanti meno soleggiati e più umidi e si insinua nelle anse più strette,
Does "branches" work OK here or is there a better more technical word?
Oct 21, 2008 20:15: Rachel Fell changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/28787">Anthony Green's</a> old entry - "ansa (di una gravina)"" to ""stretch""
Proposed translations
Regno Unito
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Native in: Inglese (Variant: UK) 
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angle/corner/space
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Note added at 10 hrs (2008-10-14 22:10:43 GMT)
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or maybe on reflection, if it def. relates to the river, "the tightest twists"
The Rhineland - Google Books Result
by Walter Marsden
It is the tightest of all the dozens of curves which the Mosel makes. ... The bends and twists are very important to the sole industry of the Mosel valley ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0803820704...
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Note added at 7 days (2008-10-21 20:13:03 GMT) Post-grading
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Looks lovely there:-)
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bend/oxbow
fai prima......
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Barbara Toffolon (X)
: just bend.... oxbow refers to a river and I don't read river in the statement provided.
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Fabio Barbieri
: Absolutely
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Italia
work, work, work!!
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gorge
Israele
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Hook/loop/meander/bend
• ansa a gomito (di fiumi) hook
Secondo il dizionario Sansoni.
Seicelle
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Native in: Inglese (Variant: British)
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meander
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Note added at 59 mins (2008-10-14 12:14:58 GMT)
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Anthony, le anse, i meandri or meanders are broad curves in rivers like ox-bows of hairpins. The can be found in a main river or a tributary. They are mainly found further down the river, but theoretically could occur even at the source of a spring, if the land is flat enough. They are caused by a low gradient, often found in river valley floors, but not only.
Regno Unito
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river bends
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-10-14 12:58:45 GMT)
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un'ansa non è necessariamente piccola. Qui a Londra il Tamigi ne ha molte!
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