accident

Borrowed from Latin accidentem, present active participle of accidō (“happen”).


mapa

map (sheet with geographical information on it)


delta

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).


quart

Inherited from Latin quārtus (“fourth”).

a political subdivision of the parishes La Massana, Ordino, and Sant Julià de Lòria in Andorra


buc

From Frankish *būk (“belly”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, stomach”). Compare Spanish buque (“vessel”) and Italian buco (“hole”).


prat

From Latin prātum. First attested in the 14th century.


geografia

Borrowed from Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία (geōgraphía).


sabana

Borrowed from Spanish sabana, from Cariban/Taíno.


caló

an argot that has been salted with Caló vocabulary


MDT

model digital del terreny
w:ca:Model Digital del Terreny

(cartography) Initialism of model digital del terreny (“DTM”).


orla

Probably from Vulgar Latin *ōrula, diminutive of Latin ōra.


mola

(geography) an isolated hill of massive form, rounded and flat on top, with very steep upper flanks


tossa

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia word *taucia (“stump”).


longitud

Borrowed from Latin longitūdō (“length, longitude”).


corografia

From Ancient Greek χῶρος (khôros, “place”) + -grafia.


esquerre

ca-adj

esquerre (feminine esquerra, masculine and feminine plural esquerres)

esquerra (feminine)
esquerres (feminine masculine plural)

Borrowed from Basque ezker (“left hand”).

bor+

(geography) on or in the direction of the left bank of a river


georgià

(archaic, stratigraphy) Georgian (geologic era of the Georgian stratigraphic series)


cogombrar

From cogombre (“cucumber”) + -ar (“place where a crop is grown”).


paral·lel

From Latin parallēlus, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos, “parallel”).

der

En el terme municipal de Castelló de la Plana es troba la confluència del paral·lel 40° i el meridià 0° de Greenwich.
The intersection of the 40th parallel with the Greenwich meridian is located within the city limits of Castelló de la Plana.

(astronomy, geography, literature) parallel


istme

Borrowed from Latin isthmus, from Ancient Greek ἰσθμός (isthmós, “neck”).


estepa

Borrowed from French steppe, from Russian степь (stepʹ).


atles

From Atles (“Atlas”), from Latin Ātlās, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).


cinturó

Borrowed from Spanish cinturón. Equivalent to cintura + -ó.

Cinturó del blat de moro


garriga

From a a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *karrīka.


Orient Mitjà

(geopolitics) Middle East (a region of Western Asia and North Africa)


meridià

(geography) meridian (an imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles)


solà

(geography) adret (sunny side of a mountain)


praderia

[pɾə.ðəˈɾi.ə]

From prat (“meadow”) + -eria. First attested in the 14th century.


obac

Inherited from Latin opācus. Doublet of opac.

Fa sol, però hi ha gebre a les raconades dels obacs.

It's sunny, but there is frost in the corners of the shady slopes.

(geography) ubac (shady side of a mountain)


solell

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sōliculus, diminutive of Latin sōl.


prada

Inherited from Latin prāta, plural of prātum (“meadow”).


portolà

ca-adj

portolà (feminine portolana, masculine plural portolans, feminine plural portolanes)

portolana (feminine)
portolans (masculine plural)
portolanes (feminine plural)

From Vulgar Latin portulānus, from portus (“port”).

carta portolana


orogràfic

orogràfic (feminine orogràfica, masculine plural orogràfics, feminine plural orogràfiques)

orogràfica (feminine)
orogràfics (masculine plural)
orogràfiques (feminine plural)

From orografia + -ic (compare Spanish orográfico).


geodèsia

Ultimately from Medieval Latin geōdaesia, from Ancient Greek γεωδαισία (geōdaisía).


geodèsic

geodèsic (feminine geodèsica, masculine plural geodèsics, feminine plural geodèsiques)

geodèsica (feminine)
geodèsics (masculine plural)
geodèsiques (feminine plural)


batimètric

batimètric (feminine batimètrica, masculine plural batimètrics, feminine plural batimètriques)

batimètrica (feminine)
batimètrics (masculine plural)
batimètriques (feminine plural)


corogràfic

corogràfic (feminine corogràfica, masculine plural corogràfics, feminine plural corogràfiques)

corogràfica (feminine)
corogràfics (masculine plural)
corogràfiques (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χωρογραφικός (khōrographikós). By surface analysis, corografia + -ic.

bor+

χωρογραφικός


pont terrestre

ca-noun

pont terrestre m (plural ponts terrestres)


MDE

model digital d'elevacions
w:ca:Model Digital d'Elevacions

(cartography) Initialism of model digital d'elevacions.


terraqüi

ca-adj

terraqüi (feminine terràqüia, masculine plural terraqüis, feminine plural terràqüies)

terràqüia (feminine)
terraqüis (masculine plural)
terràqüies (feminine plural)

From New Latin terrāqueus, from terra (“land”) and aqueus (“aqueous, watery”).

terraqueous (consisting of land and water)


cisalpí

cisalpí (feminine cisalpina, masculine plural cisalpins, feminine plural cisalpines)

cisalpina (feminine)
cisalpins (masculine plural)
cisalpines (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin cisalpīnus.


subalpí

subalpí (feminine subalpina, masculine plural subalpins, feminine plural subalpines)

subalpina (feminine)
subalpins (masculine plural)
subalpines (feminine plural)


projecció cartogràfica

ca-noun

projecció cartogràfica f (plural projeccions cartogràfiques)