temperate rainforest

collocation in English

meaningsoftemperateandrainforest

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temperate
adjective
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/ˈtem.pər.ət/us
/ˈtem.pɚ.ət/
environment
(of weather conditions) neither very hot nor ...
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rainforest
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈreɪn.fɒr.ɪst/us
/ˈreɪn.fɔːr.ɪst/
a forest in a tropical area that receives a lot ...
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(Definition oftemperateandrainforestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The canopy level is the third level of thetemperaterainforest.
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This led to a landscape which was long dominated bytemperaterainforest, although human activity has since cleared the vast majority of forest cover.
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A portion of the peninsula is warmtemperaterainforest.
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Thistemperaterainforestis classified as a perhumidtemperaterainforest.
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Included in the park are glaciers, scenic lakes and densetemperaterainforest, as well as remains of old gold mining towns along the coast.
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Its natural habitat is temperate wet sclerophyll forests and occasionallytemperaterainforest.
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The subalpine (cold)temperaterainforestare dominated by tsuga and fir.
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Covered in densetemperaterainforeston its western exposures, the range rises to heavily glaciated peaks, including the largest temperate-latitude icefields in the world.
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Rainfall is extremely high in the area, averaging up to 100 inches per year, and allows the growth oftemperaterainforest.
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The low-lying areas near the coast are a mixture of pastoral farmland andtemperaterainforest.
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Temperaterainforestis found in sheltered areas, and subalpine bogs at high elevations.
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A perhumidtemperaterainforestis a rainforest that receives above ten percent of its annual rainfall during the summer.
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Though the upper hills are known for their cooltemperaterainforest, land along most of the river's length is used for agriculture.
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This species prefers a range of vegetation types from subtropical and warmtemperaterainforestthrough tall open forest with dense understorey to dense coastal heaths.
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Scenery is beautiful tall trees and ferns typical oftemperaterainforest.
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It is often found in warmtemperaterainforeston poorer sedimentary soils, or on volcanic soils above 750 metres (2500 ft) above sea level.
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There are two types of rainforest: tropical rainforest andtemperaterainforest.
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The forest gets enough rain to almost be atemperaterainforest, as it's on a western slope.
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The 110 hectare reserve is dominated by warmtemperaterainforest.
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