Definition of Temperate rain forest

1. Noun. A rain forest in a temperate area.

Generic synonyms: Rain Forest, Rainforest

Lexicographical Neighbors of Temperate Rain Forest

tempera
temperable
temperament
temperamental
temperamentalities
temperamentality
temperamentally
temperaments
temperance
temperances
temperancy
temperas
temperate
temperate bacteriophage
temperate phage
temperate rain forest (current term)
temperate rainforest
temperate virus
temperate zone
temperate zones
temperately
temperateness
temperatenesses
temperative
temperature
temperature-compensated vaporiser
temperature-sensitive mutant
temperature change
temperature coefficient
temperature coefficients

Literary usage of Temperate rain forest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"The Temperate Rain- Forest in South Chili. ... THE SUBTROPICAL AND TEMPERATE RAIN-FOREST. As in the tropics, so in belts of the temperate zones with a mild ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1922)
"cal, sub-tropical, and temperate rain forest floras of South America, I am convinced that no known fossil flora of Cretaceous or Tertiary age in the United ..."

3. High School Geography, Physical, Economic and Regional by Charles Redway Dryer (1912)
"In the rainy season the forests are much like the tropical rain forest, but in the dry season are leafless. temperate rain forest. — In the climatic regions ..."

4. High School Geography: Physical, Economical, and Regional by Charles Redway Dryer (1920)
"temperate rain forest. — In the climatic regions of the Floridan type the conditions are similar to those of the tropical rain forest, except that the ..."

5. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"... temperate rain forest, much of it seeming untouched by civilization. ... countless lakes, perhaps the world's last great temperate rain forest, ..."

6. High School Geography: Physical, Economic and Regional ; The Geography of by Charles Redway Dryer (1912)
"temperate rain forest. — In the climatic regions of the Floridan type the conditions are similar to those of the tropical rain forest, except that the ..."

7. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1919)
"From 41° to 48° S. the coast and numerous islands are occupied by a temperate rain-forest in which about 25 evergreen broad-leaved ..."

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