tree line

or tree·line

[ tree-lahyn ]

noun

1. timberline ( def ).

tree line

noun

1. the zone, at high altitudes or high latitudes, beyond which no trees grow. Trees growing between the timberline and the tree line are typically stunted

tree line

1. See timberline

Example Sentences

Above the tree line, the men will risk open ground—first thistly yellow-grass hillside, then shale, then scree.

From Outside Online

True, all the “big” climbs were out of the way, and most of what was left was below tree line.

From Outside Online

The mother bear stopped after a few steps as her cubs scuttled off toward the nearby tree line.

From Washington Post

Some birders and wildlife experts have said they have seen the loon practicing to take flight, but Felperin said that “it’s not clearing the highway and the tree line.”

From Washington Post

That’s from the base to the highest point above the tree line.

From Outside Online

Above the tree line was raw heathland, exposed to the north.

From The Daily Beast

On other occasions, Ford and Lisi met beyond the tree line behind his house.

From The Daily Beast

The community members also erected a guard tower that extends just above the tree line, she said.

From The Daily Beast

The sun had fallen beneath the black tree line, which fringed the northern shore of the Saskatchewan.

From Project Gutenberg

In Colorado alone the Arctic-Alpine territory above the tree-line probably extends over five million or more acres.

From Project Gutenberg

“There really is no such thing as the ‘tree line’ in the Andes,” explained the old explorer.

From Project Gutenberg

I had not been out many days on this trip when I was caught in a storm on the heights above tree-line.

From Project Gutenberg

The ptarmigan, with their home above tree-line, amid eternal snows, are wonderfully self-reliant and self-contained.

From Project Gutenberg