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Montane - What does it mean?

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montane

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Mountainous; specifically, pertaining to the cool, moist upland slopes below the timberline.
  • * 1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2000, p. 27:
    • The gorilla's ancestor had probably taken to the montane forests of a string of central African volcanoes, cutting itself off from the genes of other apes.

    See also

    * alpine * subalpine

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Flora and fauna of a montane habitat.
  • * 2005 , Peter Taylor, Beyond Conservation: A Wildland Strategy , page 84
    • The wintergreens, and northern montanes such as Linnaea have their stronghold in these pinewoods and some of their rarity may be due to the reduction in the extent of the forest.

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