swale

swale
1. болотистая низина, топь, впадина (посреди равнины) 2. мелкая впадина (на всхолмленной поверхности морены) 3. межваловое понижение пляжа
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болотистая низина
лужайка
низменность

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  • Swale — is a local government district in Kent, England. Its council is based in Sittingbourne. The borough is named after the narrow channel called The Swale, a channel that separates the mainland of Kent from the Isle of Sheppey, and which occupies the …   Wikipedia

  • Swale — Distrito del Reino Unido Ubicación en el condado de Kent …   Wikipedia Español

  • Swale — Swale, n. [Cf. Icel. svalr cool, svala to cool.] A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Swale — Swale, v. i. & t. To melt and waste away; to singe. See {Sweal}, v. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Swale — Swale, n. A gutter in a candle. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • swale — low, hollow place, often boggy, 1580s, special use of Scottish swaill low, hollow place, or dialectal East Anglian swale shady place (mid 15c.); both probably from O.N. svalr cool, from P.Gmc. *swalaz …   Etymology dictionary

  • swale — swale·dale; swale; …   English syllables

  • Swale — Swale, Nebenfluß der Ouse in der Grafschaft York (England); die Gegend an ihm heißt Swaledale …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Swale — (spr. ßwehl), engl. Fluß, s. Ouse …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • swale — [swāl] n. [ME, shade, prob. < ON svalr, cool, akin to OE swelan, to burn, ignite < IE base * swel > SWELTER] 1. a hollow, depression, or low area of land ☆ 2. such a place in a wet, marshy area …   English World dictionary

  • Swale — Borough of Swale Lage in Kent Status Borough Region South East England Verw.grafschaft Kent Verwaltungssi …   Deutsch Wikipedia


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