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timber line

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timber line
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) the altitudinal or latitudinal limit of normal tree growth See also tree line
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Noun1.timber linetimber line - line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes
timberline, tree line
line - a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent


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Two miles beyond Crater Lake lay Happy Camp--so named because here was found the uppermost fringe of the timber line, where men might warm themselves by fire again.
The Red One by London, Jack View in context
It was a hard day's run, up the Canon, through Sheep Camp, past the Scales and the timber line, across glaciers and snowdrifts hundreds of feet deep, and over the great Chilcoot Divide, which stands between the salt water and the fresh and guards forbiddingly the sad and lonely North.
The Call of the Wild by London, Jack View in context
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