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Timber line   /tˈɪmbər laɪn/   Listen
Timber line

noun
1.
Line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes.  Synonyms: timberline, tree line.





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"Timber line" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Canadian region of large timber and entered the stunted spruce, as noted, and at length on the timber line we saw the final effort of the forests to combat Jack Frost in his own kingdom. The individual history of each tree is ...
— The Arctic Prairies • Ernest Thompson Seton
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... and skittish with the change from hay to new grass, danced over the rough ground so that the running gear of the wagon, with its looped log-chain, which would later do duty as a brake on the long grade down from timber line on the side of Spirit Canyon, rattled and banged over the rocks with the clatter that could be heard for half a mile. Lorraine looked after her father enviously. If she were a boy she would be riding on that sack of hay tied to the "hounds" for ...
— Sawtooth Ranch • B. M. Bower
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