temperate rainforest

noun

variants or less commonly temperate rain forest
plural temperate rainforests also temperate rain forests
: woodland of a usually rather mild climatic area within the temperate zone that receives heavy rainfall, usually includes numerous kinds of trees, and is distinguished from a tropical rainforest especially by the presence of a dominant tree

Examples of temperate rainforest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Although the route doesn’t have all the elements of most via ferratas—no ladders to climb or rungs to monkey around on—the narrow 600-foot crossing, with its bird’s eye view of more than half a dozen hanging glaciers and the lush Chugach temperate rainforest, still requires climbing safety gear. Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2024 More than 1,600 species of plants have been identified on this land that spans temperate rainforest to a dry ponderosa pine ecosystem. Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024 Nestled within the unique ecosystem of the world's sole inland temperate rainforest, Revelstoke also boasts exceptionally enchanting tree runs. Jonny Bierman, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2024 That the damp Olympic Peninsula—a region blanketed by temperate rainforest—was ablaze seemed telling. Ben Goldfarb, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2023 Right before 34 million years ago, Antarctica’s landscape and flora likely resembled today’s cold temperate rainforests of Tasmania, New Zealand and South America’s Patagonia region, Ross added. Reuters, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2023 The rainforest in Yakushima A temperate rainforest stretches across the sub-tropical island, which is another UNESCO World Heritage. Tokyo Halfie, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2023 Yet temperate rainforests harbor their own kind of unique biodiversity. Jason Thomson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Aug. 2023 Highlands is technically in a temperate rainforest, one of two in the United States. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of temperate rainforest was in 1903

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“Temperate rainforest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/temperate%20rainforest. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

temperate rain forest

noun
: woodland that has a temperate climate with heavy rainfall and that usually includes numerous kinds of trees but differs from a tropical rain forest in having one or two very common major trees
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