cloud forest

noun

: a wet tropical mountain forest at an altitude usually between 3000 and 8000 feet (1000 and 2500 meters) that is characterized by a profusion of epiphytes and the presence of clouds even in the dry season

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The bears live in a mixture of regions including grasslands and cloud forest. —

Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 June 2023 Or spend a night among the Amazon’s grand orchestra of wildlife sounds at regenerative travel operator 700,000 Heures Impact’s observatory tower, above the Cordillera Escalera cloud forest near Tarapoto. —

Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2024 Down in the stunning, secluded Osa Peninsula, the park contains cloud forests, montane forests, prairies, wetlands, mangroves, and even oceanic habitats. —

Brent Rose, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Nov. 2024 In two referendums last year, voters chose to block mining in another cloud forest, and to stop oil production in part of the Amazon rainforest. —

Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 3 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cloud forest