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gallery forest

American  

noun

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


gallery forest British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of gallery forest

First recorded in 1915–20

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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.

A small village on the Pacific coast; arid tropical scrub forest and gallery forest along the Arroyo de Huahua.

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

One individual was seen in gallery forest near Limoncito at an elevation of 730 meters on the northern slopes of the Sierra de Coalcomán.

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

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

A ranch 10 kilometers north of Aguililla; arid tropical scrub forest; tropical semi-deciduous gallery forest along the nearby Río Tepecuate.

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

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