timberline

1. The elevation in a mountainous region above which trees do not grow.
2. The northern or southern latitude beyond which trees do not grow.

The line beyond which trees will not grow. This occurs at high latitudes, as when taiga gives way to tundra, or at high altitudes.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: line marking the upper limit of tree growth in mountains or northern latitudes
  Synonyms: timber line, tree line

Dansk (Danish)
n. - trægrænse

Nederlands (Dutch)
boomgrens

Français (French)
n. - limite de la végétation arborescente, limite des arbres

Deutsch (German)
n. - Baumgrenze

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γραμμή ορίου δάσους

Italiano (Italian)
limite della vegetazione arborea

Português (Portuguese)
n. - linha imaginária nas montanhas acima da qual não crescem árvores (f)

Русский (Russian)
(геогр.) граница распространения лесистой области

Español (Spanish)
n. - límite de la vegetación arbórea

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - trädgräns

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
树带界线

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 樹帶界線

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 수목 한계선

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 高木限界

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألحد ألذى لا ينمو فيه الشجر بعده في ألجبال والمناطق ألقطبيه بسبب ألبرد, ألنطاق ألشجري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קו העצים, גבול צמיחת העצים (על הר), גבול צמיחת העצים‬

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