Meanings
plural tree lines · alternative treeline
- A division in altitude (or latitude) above which trees tend not to grow on mountains.
Snowsheds and snow fences protect the line on either side of Semskfjell, but the country soon begins to lose some of its bleakness, and the tree line is regained at Lønsdal (1,680 ft. above sea-level), where the line is high on a hillside, commanding widespread views of the mountains.
1957 August 28, H. A. Vallance, “By Rail to the Norwegian Arctic”, in Railway Magazine, page 575
Synonyms & antonyms
nounline marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan límit forestal, límit arbori
- límit forestalTranslations
- límit arboriTranslations
Chinese Mandarin 林木綫 /林木线
- 林木綫 /林木线 (línmùxiàn)Translations
Danish trægrænse
- trægrænseTranslations
Finnish puuraja
- puurajaTranslations
German Baumgrenze, Waldgrenze
- BaumgrenzeTranslations
- WaldgrenzeTranslations
Japanese 森林限界
- 森林限界 (shinringenkai)Translations
Korean 삼림한계선
- 삼림한계선 (samnimhan'gyeseon)Translations
Norwegian Bokmål tregrense
- tregrenseTranslations
Persian دارمرز
- دارمرز (dârmarz)Translations
Polish granica drzew
- granica drzewTranslations
Portuguese linha das árvores
- linha das árvoresTranslations
Russian граница древесной растительности, граница леса
- граница древесной растительности (granica drevesnoj rastitelʹnosti)Translations
- граница леса (granica lesa)Translations
Swedish trädgräns
- trädgränsTranslations
Cite this entry
tree line. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tree%20line
“tree line.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tree%20line. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tree line,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tree%20line.
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