altitudinal

[ al-ti-tood-n-l, -tyood- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

1770–80; < Latin altitūdin- (stem of altitūdō ) altitude + -al ¹

The Park has an altitudinal range of nearly two miles, with them any climates, and consequently numerous varieties of flora.

Its migrations consisting more of altitudinal movements than of longitudinal.

The Wilson snipe migrates here to but little extent, and these migrations are altitudinal rather than latitudinal.

A particularly interesting phase of it lies in the matter of altitudinal distribution of the various species.

The distributions of animals are influenced by geographic, vegetational, and altitudinal factors.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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