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Meanings of primeval forest in anglès

rus
реликтовый лес
portuguès
floresta primária
espanyol
bosque vírgen
català
bosc primigeni
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Forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance.

        bosc primigeni
        Synonyms
        Examples for "old-growth forest"
        Examples for "old-growth forest"
        1
        Now, for the scene in the big old-growth forest we needed cloudy days.
        Wired
        2
        Ramsey's "gap" was little more than a barely perceptible thinning of the old-growth forest.
        Speaking in Bones
        3
        A windfarm project in Queensland will not go ahead to protect vulnerable species in an old-growth forest.
        The Guardian
        4
        Swim across the clear, emerald-green water for more routes, surrounded by old-growth forest hanging over the river.
        Climbing Magazine
        5
        Then, he turned his horse toward the line of old-growth forest and raced homeward to his waiting work.
        Antiphon
        1
        It was primary forest, undisturbed by the hand of man.
        The Lost World
        2
        Advocacy groups have claimed that as much as 90 percent of Sarawak's primary forest have been logged.
        Reuters
        3
        Global Forest Watch notes that in 2018 several hotspots of primary forest loss occurred near or within indigenous territories.
        BBC
        4
        More than half of his 35 hectares of land is primary forest, while the rest is sugar cane or small trees.
        BBC
        5
        Back in 2002, Brazil and Indonesia made up 71% of tropical primary forest loss.
        BBC
        1
        The peak overlooked virgin forest for as far as Kyle could see.
        Return of the Crimson Guard
        2
        The cabin seemed to expand into the virgin forest and the open plain.
        Nocturne
        3
        As a rule the virgin forest is exceedingly wasteful of ground.
        Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest / Protecting Existin...
        4
        This mountain covered with virgin forest is the property of the Living Buddha.
        Beasts, Men and Gods
        5
        He's still young enough to find the virgin forest congenial company.
        The Wheel of Life
        1
        That was natural forest country, and the roads might be badly blocked.
        Earth Abides
        2
        One is a market campaign to shift April out of cutting more natural forest.
        The Guardian
        3
        Companies with valid existing licences could in theory still go ahead and clear natural forest.
        Reuters
        4
        But it is an hour's drive through the conservation area to the start of the natural forest.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Green groups have frequently accused APP of destroying natural forest in Indonesia, accusations denied by the firm.
        Reuters
        1
        Cuciurean argued that he was defending ancient woodland and wildlife from destruction.
        The Guardian
        2
        This is why it promotes biodiversity offsets, even for ancient woodland.
        The Guardian
        3
        Hermitage to Inver is a little over four miles, walking through ancient woodland.
        The Guardian
        4
        I'm responsible for maintaining public access, ancient woodland restoration and producing timber for market.
        The Guardian
        5
        We are left with small islands of ancient woodland, fragments of what once was.
        The Guardian
        Usage of primeval forest in anglès
        1
        We might have been groping in the heart of some primeval forest.
        Three John Silence Stories
        2
        You ought to roam in the primeval forest, and take and kill.
        The Pretty Lady
        3
        Night still lingered amid the calm splendour of the vast, primeval forest.
        Tales of the Wilderness
        4
        Deeper and deeper grew the shadows of crag, gorge, and primeval forest.
        The Foolish Virgin
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        The uplands are rich with primeval forest, and perhaps always have been.
        At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies
        6
        Beyond it, for hundreds of miles in the interior, was the primeval forest.
        The Bastonnais / Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775...
        7
        To see the true primeval forest, you must ride well into the interior.
        Two Years in the French West Indies
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        The block-house is surrounded by the primeval forest, which is alive with savages.
        Woman on the American Frontier / A Valuable and Authentic Histor...
        9
        For walls it had the primeval forest, with its drapery of luxuriant foliage.
        The Citizen-Soldier / or, Memoirs of a Volunteer
        10
        Mollie was standing, though she did not know it, on primeval forest land.
        The Happy Adventurers
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        The grand primeval forest nearly enclosed the other three sides of this vast meadow.
        The Young Emigrants; Madelaine Tube; the Boy and the Book; and C...
        12
        A primeval forest is a great sponge which absorbs and distills the rain water.
        Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
        13
        Napoleon never was expected to drive through a primeval forest.
        The Clicking of Cuthbert
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        Beyond was a high hill, covered with a primeval forest.
        Dave Porter at Star Ranch; Or, The Cowboy's Secret
        15
        When she regained her senses she found herself in the thick of the primeval forest.
        The Return of Tarzan
        16
        When the area was first settled, the plateau was covered with a dense primeval forest.
        Outliers: the story of success
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