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A northern forest region dominated mainly by cold-adapted conifers, with other trees varying by location.
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- dense boreal forest
- boreal forest belt
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Dense boreal forest closed around the survey camp.
The boreal forest belt thinned where the ground rose above the sheltered valley.
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- boreal forest
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Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular boreal forest; plural boreal forests. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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