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boreal

boreal

8.2
From the north or northern areas, often about cold forests
  • adjective
  • /ˈbɔːriəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : boreal
  • The boreal zone is characterized by long winters and short summers, supporting a unique ecosystem.
  • boreal and temperate

There's also a bird sound, the boreal owl.

Examples

  • During winter, many animals migrate south from the boreal regions to escape the harsh temperatures.

  • Rates of C storage in boreal and temperate pine forests are similarly constrained by temperature and radiation (Luyssaert et al. 2007).

    Academic text (2008)

  • And yet organised in our boreal and hierarchical form.

  • Other boreal and arctic lakes have much shorter residence times.

    Academic text (2008)

  • No one has ever studied moose in oak forest because mooks are largely restricted to a northern and a boreal forest landscape.

  • Delineation of ecoregions varied slightly in boreal and polar habitats, where species assemblages are relatively homogeneous across large regions.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Voles are common denizens of virtually every habitat (other than dry desert) in the temperate, boreal, and arctic zones of the Northern Hemisphere.

    Academic text (2002)

  • In boreal and temperate forests, managers now understand the need to consider stand and landscape scales and to maintain all forest age classes, types, and structures across a landscape to conserve biodiversity in a manner consistent with natural processes (e.g., Lindenmayer and Franklin 2002).

    Academic text (2011)

  • The boreal forests of Canada are known for their cold climate and vast coniferous trees.

Synonyms

northern
vsboreal
58 1.1

Coming from the north, as with wind or weather

refers to regional features like forests and climate, not only wind direction
Borean
vsboreal
9.9

About northern regions, often cold with forests

focuses on winds, climate, and forest aspects rather than general regional character

How Northern

Arctic
100 3.9
boreal
  • Specialized
8.2
northern
483 1.0
northerly
2 2.6

Surface Forms

boreal positive

Morphology

boreal = Boreas (opaque) = bore + al

Formed from the proper name 'Boreas' + the productive adjectival suffix '-al'; the connection to the everyday English word 'north' is not obvious to most learners.

Etymology

Boreal comes from the name Boreas, the Greek north wind, whose name meant 'north' or 'north wind'. So boreal is used for things of the north, like the Aurora Borealis and boreal forests.