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Concept: Alpine Zone in the eagle vocabulary
| Concept URI | https://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/landcover/eagle/LCH-alpine-zone |
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| Preferred label | Alpine Zone |
| Definition | This zone he zone stretches between the upper tree line, where trees end to grow, and lower snowline, where nival zone begins. This zone can further be broken down into Sub-Nival and Treeless Alpine (low-Alpine). Vegetation cover is restricted to herbaceous and sporadic dwarf shrubs or dwarfs trees. Sub-Nival: This zone is under influence of low temperatures, seasonal frost and strong winds. Vegetation cover is patchy, restricted to favorable growing locations, and limited to herbaceous vegetation types typical for arctic regions. Snow cover is found for part of the year. Low-Alpine: Vegetation cover is continuous, dominated by alpine meadows, shrubs and sporadic dwarf trees. Due to consistent freezing temperatures tree growth is severely limited. |
| Notation | LCH-alpine-zone |
| Status | Valid |
| Status Modified | 2023-11-29 |
| Accepted Date | 2023-11-29 |
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