Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
cordão arenoso
English translation:
sandy ridge
Added to glossary by
Andre Lange (X)
Apr 26, 2018 21:05
6 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
cordão arenoso
Portuguese to English
Science
Geography
No sentido deste parágrafo:
A restinga é um espaço geográfico formado sempre por depósitos arenosos paralelos à linha da costa, de forma geralmente alongada, produzido por processos de sedimentação, onde se encontram diferentes comunidades que recebem influência marinha, podendo ter cobertura vegetal em mosaico. Esse tipo de vegetação também pode ser encontrado em praias, cordões arenosos, dunas e depressões em diversos estágios sucessionais existentes fora da restinga na parte interiorana do continente.
A restinga é um espaço geográfico formado sempre por depósitos arenosos paralelos à linha da costa, de forma geralmente alongada, produzido por processos de sedimentação, onde se encontram diferentes comunidades que recebem influência marinha, podendo ter cobertura vegetal em mosaico. Esse tipo de vegetação também pode ser encontrado em praias, cordões arenosos, dunas e depressões em diversos estágios sucessionais existentes fora da restinga na parte interiorana do continente.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | sandy ridge |
Matheus Chaud
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| 3 +2 | sandy strip / sandy landstrip |
Mario Freitas
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| 4 | sand belt |
airmailrpl
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Proposed translations
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Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
IT Specialist • M.A. in Linguistics
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
sandy ridge
Peer comment(s):
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Cornelius Gillen
: from the context, this seems most appropriate version
3 days 14 hrs
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Thank you, Cornelius!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Obrigado!"
+2
2 hrs
Mario Freitas
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
sandy strip / sandy landstrip
https://www.google.com.br/search?biw=902&bih=672&ei=gWPiWoKV...
https://www.google.com.br/search?biw=902&bih=672&ei=iGPiWvWa...
https://www.google.com.br/search?biw=902&bih=672&ei=iGPiWvWa...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
: Sandy strip. If it's a peninsula, it's a sand spit.
7 hrs
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Thank you, Muriel!
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| agree |
Claudio Mazotti
10 hrs
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Obrigado, Cláudio!
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9 hrs
airmailrpl
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Brazil
Technical - Fast - good price - accurate
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
sand belt
cordão arenoso => sand belt
The Pleistocene of Indiana and Michigan and the History of the Great ...
https://books.google.com/books?id=pejaAAAAMAAJ
Frank Leverett, Frank Bursley Taylor - 1915 - Geology
Considerable parts of the drift have been removed, leaving bowlders on the eroded surface, and sands and gravels have been deposited in extensive beach ridges and sand belts. The finer sediments were carried away and deposited in deep water.
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper - Google Books Result
https://books.google.com/books?id=K-9ILNTg7OoC
1990 - Geology
... barrier); (2) shelf and open-bay deposits consisting of shelly, clean to muddy sand sheets adjacent to and seaward of the beaches; (3) backbarrier deposits consisting of muddy sand bodies landward of the barriers; and (4) fluvial deposits consisting of sinuous, muddy sand belts oriented typically 45 to 90° to the coastline.
The Pleistocene of Indiana and Michigan and the History of the Great ...
https://books.google.com/books?id=pejaAAAAMAAJ
Frank Leverett, Frank Bursley Taylor - 1915 - Geology
Considerable parts of the drift have been removed, leaving bowlders on the eroded surface, and sands and gravels have been deposited in extensive beach ridges and sand belts. The finer sediments were carried away and deposited in deep water.
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper - Google Books Result
https://books.google.com/books?id=K-9ILNTg7OoC
1990 - Geology
... barrier); (2) shelf and open-bay deposits consisting of shelly, clean to muddy sand sheets adjacent to and seaward of the beaches; (3) backbarrier deposits consisting of muddy sand bodies landward of the barriers; and (4) fluvial deposits consisting of sinuous, muddy sand belts oriented typically 45 to 90° to the coastline.
Discussion
ridge = a long narrow natural elevation or striation
ridge = any long raised strip
(WordNet)
sandy ridges - 28,300 hits on Google Books alone:
https://www.google.com.br/search?num=100&rlz=1C1GCEA_enBR770...
By the way, we had 3 agrees for cordão = ridge on this question:
https://por.proz.com/kudoz/portuguese_to_english/geology/418...
I really don't know if it's the best choice, but I do believe it's a valid choice.
rij/Submit
noun
1.
a long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed.
"the northeast ridge of Everest"