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.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее линию или границу в горных районах или высоких широтах, за которой деревья не растут из-за низких температур, короткого вегетационного периода или других факторов окружающей среды.

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.

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   Синонимы: tree line

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