tree line

See also: tree-line and treeline

English

A tree line in the mountains of Colorado.

Alternative forms

• treeline

Pronunciation

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Noun

tree line (plural tree lines)

1. A division in altitude (or latitude) above which trees tend not to grow on mountains.

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: límit forestal m, límit arbori m
• Danish: trægrænse (da) c
• Finnish: puuraja (fi)
• German: Baumgrenze (de) f, Waldgrenze (de) f
• Japanese: 森林限界 (ja) (shinringenkai)
• Korean: 삼림한계선(森林限界線) (samnimhan'gyeseon)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tregrense (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: tregrense f

• Persian: دارمرز (fa) (dârmarz)
• Portuguese: linha das árvores f
• Serbo-Croatian: rub šume m
• Swedish: trädgräns (sv) c

See also

• snow line