"tree line" meaning in English

See tree line in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-tree line.wav [US] Forms: tree lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tree line (plural tree lines)
  1. A division in altitude (or latitude) above which trees tend not to grow on mountains. Wikipedia link: tree line Synonyms: treeline Related terms: snow line Translations (Translations): límit forestal [masculine] (Catalan), límit arbori [masculine] (Catalan), trægrænse [common-gender] (Danish), puuraja (Finnish), Baumgrenze [feminine] (German), Waldgrenze [feminine] (German), 삼림한계선 (samnimhan'gyeseon) (alt: 森林限界線) (Korean), tregrense [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tregrense [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), دارمرز (dârmarz) (Persian), linha das árvores [feminine] (Portuguese), rub šume [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), trädgräns [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tree_line-en-noun-2rrAc-sg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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