The largest wilderness area is the Boreal Forest. 最大的荒野地区是北方森林。
In fact all major temperate and boreal forests are expanding. 事实上,主要的温带和北部森林的面积都在扩大。
The Boreal Forest extends across Alaska, Canada, northern Europe and Russia. 北方森林贯穿了阿拉斯加、拿大、欧和俄罗斯。
boreal
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relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind
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toward or located in the north
<adj.pert> the boreal signs of the Zodiac
comprising or throughout far northern regions
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Boreal \Bo"re*al\, a. [L. borealis: cf. F. bor['e]al. See {Boreas}.] 1. Northern; pertaining to the north, or to the north wind; as, a boreal bird; a boreal blast.
So from their own clear north in radiant streams, Bright over Europe bursts the boreal morn. --Thomson.
2. (Biogeography) Designating or pertaining to a terrestrial division consisting of the northern and mountainous parts of both the Old and the New World; -- equivalent to the Holarctic region exclusive of the Transition, Sonoran, and corresponding areas. The term is used by American authors and applied by them chiefly to the Nearctic subregion. The Boreal region includes approximately all of North and Central America in which the mean temperature of the hottest season does not exceed 18[deg] C. (= 64.4[deg] F.). Its subdivisions are the Arctic zone and
{Boreal zone}, the latter including the area between the Arctic and Transition zones. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] ||
Each spring as the snow melts, airborne pollutants that accumulated over the winter in the boreal forest are flushed into the lakes of eastern Canada, causing up to 100 times the normal level of acidity and killing the fish.
No target figure for the fund is set in the draft agreement. Environmental groups, concerned about the degradation of temperate forests, have expressed disappointment that temperate and boreal woods are to be excluded from the pact.