Altitude limit
Height limits are imaginary, largely permanent lines that run around a mountain range at different heights and at which certain physical , chemical or ecological processes or features end. Among other things, they are used to determine geomorphological and vegetation height levels .
For example, one speaks of firn limit , absolute frost limit , glacier limit , forest and tree limit , but also of the height limit of grain cultivation and the like.
In addition to local orographic factors (rocky slopes, shadows, watercourses, etc.), the exact location of these boundaries depends primarily on different climatic conditions (temperatures, rainfall, radiation).
See also
literature
- Christoph Jentsch , Herbert Liedtke (Hrsg.): Height limits in high mountains . Geographical Institute of Saarland University, Saarbrücken 1980.