tree line

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tree line

or tree·line (trē′līn′)

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tree line

(Physical Geography) the zone, at high altitudes or high latitudes, beyond which no trees grow. Trees growing between the timberline and the tree line are typically stunted

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tim•ber•line

(ˈtɪm bərˌlaɪn)

n.

1. the altitude above sea level at which timber ceases to grow.

2. the arctic or antarctic limit of tree growth.

tree line

See timberline.

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Noun

tree line - line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes

timber line, timberline

line - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

Translations

الإرتِفاع الأقْصى للشَّجَرَه

výšková hranice růstu stromů

trægrænse

Baumspitze

lombkorona magassága

tregrense

hranica lesa

ağaç büyüme üst sınırı

林木线

tree line

[ˈtriːlaɪn] N → límite m forestal

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

tree line

n → limite m della vegetazione ad alto fusto

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

tree

(triː) noun

the largest kind of plant, with a thick, firm, wooden stem and branches. We have three apple trees growing in our garden.

ˈtreetop noun

the top of a tree. the birds in the treetops.

ˈtree-trunk noun

the trunk of a tree.

ˈtree line noun

the height above which trees cannot grow.

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BANKING AND CREDIT NEWS-September 21, 2018-Bridge Bank, Tree Line Capital support recapitalization of Goettl with senior debt financing

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SAN FRANCISCO: Corporate Banking group of Bridge Bank provides cash-flow senior financing for private equity sponsored lower-middle market companies, along with Tree Line Capital Partners, LLC which provides senior secured and unitranche term loans.

Corporate Banking group provides cash-flow senior financing

The vehicle went through a cornfield, then into a tree line where it struck a tree, according to the McHenry County Sheriff's Office.

Teen dies in Huntley wreck

The orchard was irrigated during October-March with inline drippers (2.3 L [h.sup.-1]) at 500-mm spacings along the tree line. Fertiliser was applied by a spreader along the mound shoulders as calcium nitrate at an annual rate of 40kgN [ha.sup.-1] split into a 15 kg N [ha.sup.-1] pre-harvest(10 October 2013) and 25 kg N [ha.sup.-1] post-harvest (3 April 2014).

Benchmarking nitrous oxide emissions in deciduous tree cropping systems

The absence of abrupt changes in important soil nutrients and growing season temperatures suggests that these factors do not limit tree species establishment beyond the current tree line. Vegetation cover and richness, however, were highly variable and in some cases changed non-linearly across the tree-line ecotone.

Complex changes in plant communities across a subarctic alpine tree line in Labrador, Canada

I saw a deer coming down a tree line headed toward me and immediately saw antlers.

Puppet on a string

The train operator also renamed the line's section between Tobu-dobutsu-koen Station in Saitama Prefecture and its Tokyo terminals Asakusa and Oshiage the Tobu Sky Tree Line.

Railway station renamed Tokyo Sky Tree Station

"Scientists estimate the tree line could move 500 km north by 2100," he said, based on CAFF projections.

Tree line to rapidly move north as Arctic region warms up

The conclusions of the study have been drawn from Shapiro's 35-year database of butterfly observations made twice in a month at 10 sites in north-central California from sea level to tree line.