potrero

potrero

[pə′trer·ō]
(geology)
An elongate, islandlike beach ridge, surrounded by mud flats and separated from the coast by a lagoon and barrier island, made up of a series of accretionary dune ridges.
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In a broad band of sand-hillocks which separate the Laguna del Potrero from the shores of the Plata, at the distance of a few miles from Maldonado, I found a group of those vitrified, siliceous tubes, which are formed by lightning entering loose sand.
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I extended my search to the Potrero, and by good luck managed to pick up another box of candles, two sacks of wheat flour, ten pounds of graham flour (which would do for the servants), a case of tinned corn, and two cases of tinned tomatoes.
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while he was on his way home on board his motorcycle along Araneta Ave., in Barangay Potrero, Malabon.
Malabon City LGU offers reward for suspect in police murder
was shot dead by still unidentified assailants riding a motorcycle along Araneta Avenue in Barangay Potrero at around 7 p.
Navotas cop slain in Malabon
Contract Awarded for Construction of Potrero Bridge
Construction Of Potrero Bridge
The funds were used to purchase a 4,000 square foot mixed-use property in the Potrero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco.
Potrero Hill Restaurant Avoids Rising Rent by Purchasing Building with SBA 504 Loan from TMC Financing
Se formo un potrero de 350 [m.sup.2] (7 x 50 m) con un cerco electrico de tres hilos, para ambas especies.
Comparacion del nivel de nitrogeno ureico sanguineo entre alpacas y llamas destetadas mantenidas en pastos cultivados
Predictive health company Potrero Medical Inc revealed on Monday the completion of a USD26.6m Series C financing.
Potrero Medical concludes USD26.6m in oversubscribed Series C financing
El caso de estudio aqui presentado comprende un grupo de propiedades contiguas en Potrero de Mulas, Jalisco, Mexico (Fig.
Efecto de la silvicultura comercial sobre Pinus jaliscana, especie considerada en riesgo de extincion/Effect of commercial logging on Pinus jaliscana, a species listed as threatened
Este bosque se ubica a lo largo de un arroyo que atraviesa una matriz de paisaje modificado, dominada principalmente por potreros (en adelante 'potrero') (Figura 1, areas verdes) que contaban, ademas, con la presencia de cuatro fuentes de agua (jagueyes) (Figura 1, circulos azules), rodeadas por cobertura vegetal de facil acceso, en su mayoria arbustos de 1 metro de altura, aunque se observaron arbustos hasta de 2 metros de alto y arboles de gran altura, que se encuentran dispersos por toda la zona.
Birds Associated to a Gallery Forest Immersed in a Modified Landscape, in the Department of Sucre, Colombia/Aves asociadas a un bosque de galeria inmerso en un paisaje modificado en el departamento de Sucre, Colombia
12 January 2018 - Georgia, US-based real estate development company Wood Partners has finalised the acquisition and start of construction of San Francisco, US-based Alta Portero Hill, a 172-unit, mixed-use development in the Potrero Hill district, the company said.
Wood Partners Acquires Alta Portero Hill Mixed-Use Development
La representatividad de los muestreos segun el estimador de Chao 1 para las especies esperadas en el estudio se obtuvo en un 98.1% para el bosque secundario, 85.9% para el potrero con alta densidad de arboles, 94.3% para el potrero con baja densidad de arboles y 87.4% para el potrero sin arboles.
Diversidad de aves en fragmentos de bosque seco tropical en paisajes ganaderos del Departamento de Cordoba, Colombia

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