subcontinental

sybkɔ̃tinɑ̃tal

subcontinentaux

Definition

Definition of subcontinental - Reverso French Dictionary

Adjective

géographie

Rare

qui s'étend à une grande partie d'un continent

Rare

L'Inde fait partie de la plaque subcontinentale asiatique.

géologie

TECH.

qui concerne la croûte terrestre sous les continents

TECH.

Les roches subcontinentales diffèrent de celles des océans.

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Origin of subcontinental

latin, sub- (sous) + continental (continent)

Examples of subcontinental in a sentence

Cette ville connaît une influence subcontinentale marquée en hiver.
La structure subcontinentale influe sur la formation des montagnes.
Ce modèle explique l'évolution des marges subcontinentales.

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English:subcontinental, ...
German:subkontinental, ...
Italian:subcontinentale, ...
Spanish:subcontinental, ...
Portuguese:subcontinental, ...
Chinese:次大陆的, 大陆下的, ...
Japanese:亜大陸的な, 大陸下の, ...
Arabic:شبه قاري, تَحْتِ قَارِّي, ...
Hebrew:תַּת־יַבַּשְׁתִּי, ...
Russian:субконтинентальный, ...
Ukrainian:субконтинентальний, ...
Catalan:subcontinental, ...
Danish:subkontinental, ...
Dutch:subcontinentaal, ...
Greek:υποηπειρωτικός, ...
Khmer:អនុទ្វីប, នៃស្រទាប់ផែនដីក្រោមទ្វីប, ...
Korean:아대륙의, 대륙 하부의, ...
Polish:subkontynentalny, ...
Portuguese (BR):subcontinental, ...
Romanian:subcontinental, ...
Swedish:subkontinental, ...
Thai:กึ่งทวีป, ใต้ทวีป, ...
Turkish:kıtasal, kıta altı, ...
Vietnamese:bán lục địa, dưới lục địa, ...

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