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cloud forest

noun

  1. a tropical high-altitude forest at 3,000 to 8,000 feet (1,000 to 2,500 meters) above sea level, almost constantly covered by cloud.


cloud forest

  1. A high-elevation tropical forest that receives much of its moisture from direct contact with clouds rather than from rain.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cloud forest1

First recorded in 1920–25
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The architects hoped the dwelling, rather than disappearing into the surrounding cloud forest, would encourage the landscape’s growth, becoming not so much a mountain house as part of the mountain itself.

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But the more Arteaga and his colleagues looked at the snake on his book cover—a “cloud forest morph”—the more they found dissimilarities.

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After the kidnapping, special forces were deployed in the area to search for Diaz’s father in a mountain range that straddles both countries and is covered by cloud forest.

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Díaz’s father remained missing, which triggered special forces to search for him in a mountain range that straddles both countries and is covered by cloud forest.

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ABERG’s roots reach back to the 1990s, when a flurry of studies coming out of the Manu park revealed that the region, where the Amazon lowlands meet the Andean cloud forest, is a biodiversity hot spot.

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