gallery forest

American  

noun

1. a narrow strip of woods or forest along the banks of a watercourse flowing through open country.

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gallery forest British  

noun

1. a stretch of forest along a river in an area of otherwise open country

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Etymology

Origin of gallery forest

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

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gallery forest

This type of forest forms the gallery forest along the larger streams in the Balsas-Tepalcatepec Basin and on the Pacific Coastal Plain.

From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by Duellman, William E.

Our specimens were caught in mist nets placed over small, quiet streams that were fringed with tall, gallery forest.

From Noteworthy Records of Bats From Nicaragua, with a Checklist of the Chiropteran Fauna of the Country by Jones, J. Knox

The specimens from Boaco and Chontales were captured over small streams bordered by gallery forest.

From Noteworthy Records of Bats From Nicaragua, with a Checklist of the Chiropteran Fauna of the Country by Jones, J. Knox

It was captured in a mist net as it foraged over a small stream that supported relatively well-developed gallery forest along the bank.

From Noteworthy Records of Bats From Nicaragua, with a Checklist of the Chiropteran Fauna of the Country by Jones, J. Knox

Most of our specimens were captured in mist nets set over small streams bordered by gallery forest, or in banana groves.

From Noteworthy Records of Bats From Nicaragua, with a Checklist of the Chiropteran Fauna of the Country by Jones, J. Knox