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Table 9 Hydrology related set of Csángó habitat terms, their meanings and English equivalents (literal translations of names are given in parentheses)
| Csángó habitat names | Meanings and English equivalents |
|---|---|
| selymékes, selyke, sepedékes hely, tepsányos 2 | Fens around springs, mainly sedge-dominated stands, rarely with Sphagnum (a sinking area) |
| mocsaras hely 2 | Muddy areas around springs or along streams, with sedge-dominated stands (marshy place) |
| sátészély 2,3 | Edge of a fen (the same) |
| félvizenyes hely, szinte olyan vizenyes, s mégse 3 | Partly waterlogged soils on the margin of fens (half-watered place) |
| vizes hely, vizenyes terület 1,2 | Wetlands (wet place) |
| víz, taploca 2 | Warmer spring and its creek, that never freezes (water, ?) |
| vízszélye 2 | At the edge of waters (the same) |
| lapos, ahol a víz elterül 2 | Flooded place (flooded, where it is flooded) |
| forrásfej, kicsi források mellett 3 | Spring (spring head / around small springs) |
| patak, patak mentén, patak szélén, vizek mentén 1,2 | Smaller stream or along streams (stream, along streams, at the water) |
| tócsa, pocsolya 3 | Puddle (the same) |
| tó, állóvíz 2,3 | Lakes (lake, standing water) |
