Mountain features Flashcards by Michelle Onofrey

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a valley

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une vallée

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a mountain pass

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un col

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a summit / peak

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un sommet

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a ridge

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une crête

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a slope / mountainside

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un versant

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a scree slope

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un pierrier

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loose rocks / scree

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un éboulis

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a glacier

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un glacier

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a snowfield / snow patch

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un névé

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a mountain stream

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un torrent

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a waterfall

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une cascade

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a glacial lake

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un lac glaciaire

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a plateau

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un plateau

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a glacial cirque

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un cirque glaciaire

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a ravine / gully

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un ravin

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a cliff

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une falaise

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a rock / boulder

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un rocher

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a steep rock / crag

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un rocher escarpé

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a path / trail

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un chemin / sentier

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a steep slope

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une pente raide

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a flat area / terrace

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un replat

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a rock shelter

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un abri rocheux

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a viewpoint / lookout

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un point de vue

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alpine zone

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une zone alpine

the ridge line

la ligne de crête

terrain / relief

le relief

a spur

un éperon

an arête / sharp ridge

une arête

a small pass / saddle

un collet

a couloir / gully

un couloir

moraine(s)

des moraine(s)

a landslide / rockfall

un éboulement

a steep trail

un sentier escarpé