| French | English |
| aménagement de cours d'eau | river management |
| aménagement de cours d'eau et bassins | river and basin management |
| axe de courant-jet | jetstream core |
| brûlage à contre courant | backing fire |
| brûlage à feu courant | broadcast burning |
| cisco à museau court | shortnose cisco (Coregonus reighardi) |
| comportement de cour | courtship |
| Convention européenne sur la protection des cours d'eau internationaux contre la pollution | European Convention for the protection of international watercourses against pollution |
| Convention sur la protection et l'utilisation des cours d'eau transfrontières et des lacs internationaux | UNECE Water Convention |
| Convention sur la protection et l'utilisation des cours d'eau transfrontières et des lacs internationaux | Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes |
| cour administrative | administrative court administration |
| Cour de justice | court of justice A tribunal having jurisdiction of appeal and review, including the ability to overturn decisions of lower courts or courts of first instance |
| Cour de justice des communautés européennes | Court of Justice of the European communities |
| Cour de justice des communautés européennes | Court of Justice of the European Communities Institution set up under Treaty of Rome to ensure that in interpretation and application of the Treaty the law is observed. It consists of judges from each member state, appointed for 6-year periods, assisted by three Advocates General. It sits in Luxembourg, expressing itself in judgements when called upon to do so in proceedings initiated by member states, institutions of the EC and natural or legal persons. Procedures are generally inquisitorial |
| Cour de justice des communautés européennes | Court of Justice of the European Communities |
| Cour de Justice Européenne | European Court of Justice The supreme court of The European Union which oversees the application of the EU treaties, decides upon the validity and the meaning of Community legislation and determines whether any act or omission by the European Commission, the Council of Minister or any member state constitutes a breach of Community law |
| Cour internationale de justice | International Court of Justice Judicial arm of the United Nations. It has jurisdiction to give advisory opinions on matters of law and treaty construction when requested by the General Assembly, Security Council or any other international agency authorised by the General Assembly to petition for such opinion. It has jurisdiction, also, to settle legal disputes between nations when voluntarily submitted to it |
| courant ascendant | ascending current |
| courant atmosphérique à grande vitesse | jet stream |
| courant circumpolaire antarctique | Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
| courant d'alimentation | feed-in current |
| courant d'altitude | jet stream |
| courant d'azote | nitrogen stream |
| courant d'aérage | air stream |
| courant de rejet | discharge stream |
| courant excédent | excess current |
| courant glaciaire | ice stream |
| courant ionique total | total ionic current |
| courant océanique | ocean current |
| courant océanique | ocean current A net transport of ocean water along a definable path |
| cours d'eau | water course |
| cours d'eau | watercourse A natural stream arising in a given drainage basin but not wholly dependent for its flow on surface drainage in its immediate area, flowing in a channel with a well-defined bed between visible banks or through a definite depression in the land, having a definite and permanent or periodic supply of water, and usually, but not necessarily, having a perceptible current in a particular direction and discharging at a fixed point into another body of water |
| cours d'eau artificiel | artificially created waterway |
| cours d'eau de décharge | receiving body of water |
| cours d'eau de décharge | receiving water course |
| cours d'eau international | international watercourse |
| cours d'eau internationaux | international watercourse |
| cours d'eau pérenne | perennial watercourse |
| cours d'eau récepteur | receiving body of water |
| cours d'eau récepteur | receiving water course |
| cours d'eau récepteur | receiving channel |
| cours d'eau récepteur | receiving watercourse |
| cours d'eau récepteur | receiving stream |
| cours d'eau à marée | tidal waterways |
| croissance du panache dans le courant atmosphérique | growth of a plume in atmospheric flow |
| double filtration à courant inverse | alternating double filtration |
| décolmatage par contre-courant | reverse air scavenge |
| décolmatage par contre-courant | reverse air reconditioning |
| décolmatage par contre-courant | reverse air cleaning |
| effet de courant ascendant | anabatic effect |
| effet de courant descendant | katabatic effect |
| effet à court terme | short term effect |
| filtre à contre-courant | reverse-flow filter |
| gestion de cours d'eau | river management The administration or handling of a waterway or a stream of flowing water |
| inversion périodique du courant | periodic current reversal |
| lavage par retour de courant | backwashing |
| lit de cours d'eau | river bed The channel containing or formerly containing the water of a river |
| mesure du courant | stream measurement The quantitative determination of the rate and amount of flow or discharge from a natural body of running water, such as a small river or brook (dans un cours d'eau) |
| mesure du courant (dans un cours d'eau | stream measurement |
| pollution de cours d'eau | river pollution |
| pollution de cours d'eau | stream pollution |
| pollution des cours d'eau par les boues | stream pollution by stilting |
| procédé de courant dérivé | drifting stream process |
| procédé de courant dérivé à charbon actif | activated carbon in drifting stream process |
| programme d'action prioritaire à court et moyen terme | Short and Medium-term Priority Environmental Action Programme |
| Programme d'actions prioritaires à court et à moyen terme en matière d'environnement | Short and Medium-Term Priority Environmental Action Programme |
| rectifications du tracé des cours d'eau | straightening of water courses |
| rejet en cours d'eau | river disposal Discharge of solid, liquid or gaseous waste into a river |
| repeuplement des cours d'eau | restocking of waterways |
| rinçage multiple à contre-courant | multiple counter current rinsing |
| rinçage à contre-courant | countercurrent rinsing |
| régularisation des cours d'eau | water regulation |
| régularisation des cours d'eau | regulation of water courses |
| Résolution sur la charge des cours d'eau en substances polluantes | Resolution on the pollution of watercourses |
| salamandre à nez court | smallmouth salamander (Ambystoma texanum) |
| soufflage par flux à contre-courant | reverse-flow collapse method |
| soufflage par jet à contre-courant | reverse-jet collapse method |
| soufflage à contre-courant | reverse-jet collapse method |
| soufflage à contre-courant | reverse-flow collapse method |
| système de lavage par contre-courant | reverse-flow washing system |
| séparateur de courant de Foucault | eddy current separator |
| tronçon de cours d'eau | stretch of river |
| zone en cours d'urbanisation | area under construction |
| à courant de densité | conventional type |