treeline
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4.0
- noun
- /ˈtriˌlaɪn/
- Specialized
:
línea de árboles
- The fires were distant, across the valley, high on the slopes below the treeline's final stretch.
- terrain above treeline
- mostly above treeline
- highest treeline
Examples
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I felt myself rising then, far above the car, far above even the treeline.
Fiction book (1992) -
The Helium Works sat below the treeline on a barren rock bench.
Fiction book (1998) -
His mind ran in circles like this for several minutes as the sun fell behind the treeline.
Fiction book (2002) -
The craft then moved west and seemed to descend into the treeline near the bottom of a hill.
Blog text (30) -
Such is the situation in the treeline and alpine environments of the Rocky Mountains.
Academic text (2001) -
Black clouds rolled in shreds across the treeline like smoke from a distant fire.
Fiction book (1991) -
Snowshoeing around at or below treeline and camping overnight has been a blast.
Blog text (8) -
Then the clean smell of pinesap cut through the sulfur stench in their hair, and they were at treeline.
Fiction book (1991) -
Researcher William Farfan collects a species of Weinmannia near the treeline in the Andes.
Blog text (30) -
In Greenland, for instance, the treeline is at sea level.
Synonyms
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5.1
The highest level on a mountain or near the poles where trees stop growing
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7.2
A line on a mountain or in cold regions that marks the highest place trees can grow
A high place on a mountain above which trees cannot grow because it is too cold
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word treeline is made of tree and line, so imagine a 'line' on a mountain that shows the 'highest place' where trees can grow. That's why being above the treeline means you are above the place where trees can live.