timberline

A noun referring to the line or boundary in mountainous regions or high latitudes beyond which trees do not grow due to cold temperatures, short growing seasons, or other environmental factors.

• 🇩🇪Die Höhengrenze oder Breitengrenze in Gebirgen oder hohen Breiten, oberhalb bzw. nördlich derer aufgrund von niedrigen Temperaturen, kurzer Vegetationsperiode oder anderer Umweltfaktoren keine Bäume mehr wachsen.

1. Tree growth boundary C1 formal

   The line or elevation on a mountain or in polar regions beyond which trees cannot grow due to cold temperatures, lack of soil, or other environmental factors.

   • The hikers stopped just below the timberline to set up camp.
   • Above the timberline, only low-lying shrubs and mosses survive.
   • Climate change is causing the timberline to shift higher up the mountain.

   🇩🇪Waldgrenze

   Synonyme: tree line

• timberlines plural form
• timberlines' possessive plural form
• timberline's possessive singular form