tree line

See also: tree-line and treeline

English
A tree line in the mountains of Colorado.

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Noun

tree line (plural tree lines)

  1. A division in altitude above which trees tend not to grow on mountains.
  2. A division in latitude where latitudes higher than that do not tend to grow trees (this line is not a constant latitude)

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