timber line

Other forms: timber lines

Definitions of timber line
  1. noun
    line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes
    synonyms: timberline, tree line
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    type of:
    line
    a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
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