Northern; pertaining to the north, or to the north wind; as, a boreal bird; a boreal blast.
Designating or pertaining to a terrestrial division consisting of the northern and mountainous parts of both the Old and the New World; -- equivalent to the Holarctic region exclusive of the Transition, Sonoran, and corresponding areas. The term is used by American authors and applied by them chiefly to the Nearctic subregion. The Boreal region includes approximately all of North and Central America in which the mean temperature of the hottest season does not exceed 18° C. (= 64.4° F.). Its subdivisions are the Arctic zone and Boreal zone, the latter including the area between the Arctic and Transition zones.
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an area characterized by conifer forests Mississippi: Introducing the Watershed
relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind
toward or located in the north; "the boreal signs of the Zodiac"
living near the north; sub Arctic.
of, related to or located in northern regions; related to or growing in northern and mountainous parts of the Northern Hemisphere
of the north or the Arctic.
Northern, from the Latin, "of the North". Also used in the names of various elements of the northern ecosystem, including the Boreal Chickadee ( Parus hudsonicus), Boreal Forest, and Boreal Owl ( Aegolius funereus), among others.
Pertaining to the Northern Hemisphere, north temperate zone.
The northern, humid coniferous forest region of North America.
northern (e.g., the CARA region has many northern forests)
of or pertaining to the northern zone of plant and animal life lying just below the tundra
(bôr' l) Living in and adapted for living in the extreme northern areas of the world. This area is located just below tundra conditions.
Of or relating to the forest areas of the northern North Temperate Zone, dominated by coniferous trees such as spruce, fir, and pine.
northern biogeographical region typically referring to subpolar and cold temperate areas.
Located in a northern region.
refers to high northern latitudes, for example the boreal forest is the conifer (spruce) forest extending across northern Canada and Scandinavia. Austral refers to high southern latitudes.
of the Boreal biome; the coniferous forest zone in northern Europe and/or the coniferous forest zone in mountains within central Europe.
northern forests, a mixture of leaf bearing trees and evergreens
Referring to northern regions. Specifically, the region south of the Arctic Circle and north of latitude 50 deg. N; the term may also refer to an area dominated by coniferous forest.
Of the north or northern regions.
pertaining to the Northern Hemisphere: "While June through August make up the boreal summer, the SST often peaks in early September."
Relating to the northern biotic area characterized by the dominance of coniferous forests.
adj. Describes the northern biotic area that is dominated by tundra, taiga, and coniferous forests.
In paleoclimatology of the Holocene, the Boreal was the first of the Blytt-Sernander sequence of north European climatic phases that were originally based on the study of Danish peat bogs, named for Axel Blytt and Rutger Sernander who first established the sequence. In peat bog sediments, the Boreal is also recognized by its characteristic pollen zone. It was preceded by the Younger Dryas, the last cold snap of the Pleistocene, and followed by the Atlantic, a warmer and moister period than our most recent climate.
