subarctic
of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately south of the Arctic Circle; subpolar.
Origin of subarctic
1- Sometimes sub-Arc·tic .
Words Nearby subarctic
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How to use subarctic in a sentence
During season seven, which was held in the frigid subarctic zone around Canada’s Great Slave Lake, Marrone wowed viewers with her joyous highs and crushing lows, and her ability to discuss those feelings on camera.
Winter Has Arrived on ‘Alone.’ It’s Time to See What These Contestants Are Made Of. | Fred Dreier | July 29, 2022 | Outside OnlineThere have always been bad things happening, and across the subarctic, some of the darkest countries in the world have December practices that date back far before Jesus’s birth.
Our Environmental Columnist’s Anti-Burnout End-of-Year Reading and Watching List | lwhelan | December 29, 2021 | Outside OnlineSimilar to Pfizer’s and Moderna’s vaccines, AstraZeneca’s requires two doses, however it is not an mRNA vaccine and doesn’t require subarctic storage temperatures.
The world may be at risk of a new COVID-19 surge | Claire Maldarelli | January 4, 2021 | Popular-ScienceHis ancestors were bred for bolting foxes and wildcats among the rocky headlands of the subarctic islands.
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor AtkinsonTrees are absent, except along the inland border, where the tundra merges with the subarctic forest.
North America | Israel C. Russell
For convenience we may designate this vast and but little known northern region as the subarctic Forest plains.
North America | Israel C. RussellThis same broad conclusion is sustained also at the north, where the prairie dovetails, as it were, with the subarctic forest.
North America | Israel C. RussellThe smaller deer of various species inhabited the entire continent from the subarctic forest to Panama.
North America | Israel C. Russell
British Dictionary definitions for subarctic
/ (sʌbˈɑːktɪk) /
of or relating to latitudes immediately south of the Arctic Circle
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Scientific definitions for subarctic
[ sŭb′-ärk′tĭk, -är′tĭk ]
Relating to the geographic area just south of the Arctic Circle. The subarctic region is the coldest part of the North Temperate Zone, characterized by warm but very brief summers, and bitterly cold winters. Little vegetation exists in this climate, as temperatures are extreme, ranging from below -30°C (-22°F) in the winter and as warm as 30°C (86°F) in the summer.
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