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alpine climate
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average weather (climate) for the regions above the tree line
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- Instance of
- climate zone
- Image
- White Mountain CA.JPG
- Said to be same as
- mountain climate
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- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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- Alpine climate
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Encyclopedic overview
White Mountain, an alpine environment at 4,300 metres (14,000 ft) above sea level in California
Alpine climate is the typical climate for elevations above the tree line, where trees fail to grow due to cold. This climate is also referred to as a mountain climate or highland climate.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “alpine climate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.