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Definition of Boreal

Boreal
Boreal Bo"re*al, a. (Biogeography) 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[deg] C. (= 64.4[deg] 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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- Look up boreal or Boreal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Boreal, northern, of the north. Derived from the name of the god of the north wind from Ancient...
- boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches. The taiga, or boreal forest...
- The boreal owl (Aegolius funereus) or Tengmalm's owl is a small owl in the "true owl" family Strigidae. It is known as the boreal owl in North America...
- cross-section Boring, a mechanism of bioerosion Boring, Maryland, U.S. Boring, Oregon, U.S. Boring Lava Field Boring, Tennessee, U.S. Boring (surname) "Boring" (The...
- occur in these areas as well. The Köppen symbols of boreal ecosystems are Dfc, Dwc, Dfd, and Dwd. Boreal ecosystems are some of the most vulnerable to climate...
- The boreal chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus) is a small p****erine songbird in the tit family Paridae. It is found in the boreal forests of Alaska, Canada...
- Canada's boreal forest is a vast region comprising about one third of the cir****polar boreal forest that rings the Northern Hemisphere, mostly north of...
- The Boreal kingdom or Holarctic kingdom (Holarctis) is a floristic kingdom identified (1947) by botanist Ronald Good (and later by Armen Takhtajan), which...
- Collège Boréal d’arts appliqués et de technologie is a French-language college of applied arts and technology serving the Northern and Central Southwestern...
- The Boreal Sea was a Mesozoic-era seaway that lay along the northern border of Laurasia. World distribution of middle Jur****ic ammonites (Upper Aalenian...