subarctic
[suhb-ahrk-tik, -ahr-tik]
- of, pertaining to, similar to, or being the region immediately south of the Arctic Circle; subpolar.
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In the northern, subarctic regions, it opposes a barrier against travel.
Our Common InsectsAlpheus Spring Packard
His ancestors were bred for bolting foxes and wildcats among the rocky headlands of the subarctic islands.
Greyfriars BobbyEleanor Atkinson
The codfish (Gadus callarias) is a creature of little beauty but of great usefulness, swarming in all arctic and subarctic seas.
Elementary Zoology, Second EditionVernon L. Kellogg
Trees are absent, except along the inland border, where the tundra merges with the subarctic forest.
North AmericaIsrael C. Russell
For convenience we may designate this vast and but little known northern region as the Subarctic Forest plains.
North AmericaIsrael C. Russell
subarctic
- of or relating to latitudes immediately south of the Arctic Circle
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subarctic
[sŭb′-ärk′tĭk, -är′tĭk]
- Relating to the geographic area just south of the Arctic Circle. The subarctic region is the coldest part of the North Temperate Zone, characterized by warm but very brief summers, and bitterly cold winters. Little vegetation exists in this climate, as temperatures are extreme, ranging from below -30°C (-22°F) in the winter and as warm as 30°C (86°F) in the summer.
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