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Definition of Timberline
1. Noun. Line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes.
Definition of Timberline
1. Noun. the height or limit beyond which trees do not grow in mountainous or arctic regions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Timberline
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Timberline
Literary usage of Timberline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Adventures of a Nature Guide by Enos Abijah Mills (1920)
"CHAPTER IV TREES AT timberline A~ L day I followed the dwarfed, ... With rare
exceptions the trees at timberline are undersized and of imperfect form. ..."
2. Assessing Public Concern for Landscape Quality: A Potential Model to by Arthur W Magill (1993)
"... Figure 7—The square form of the ski area at timberline, from a simulated 2.7
miles (4.3 km), tends to blend into the snowfield. ..."
3. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1903)
"The dry timberline decreases in elevation when traced from arid to humid regions.
In the central part of the continental basin of North America it defines ..."
4. Science Series by Colorado College (1907)
"The only tree which seems to be confined to the Hudsonian is the Foxtail Pine,
Finns aristata, which grows from 10250 f<et up to timberline. ..."
5. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"At 11000 feet an old bird was feeding full grown young, out of the nest, August 6.
At 13000 feet, in a protected timberline alcove ..."
6. The Practice of Silviculture, with Particular Reference to Its Application by Ralph Chipman Hawley (1921)
"Above timberline protective measures include the encouragement of all woody plant
... Below timberline protective measures require the maintenance of a ..."
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