Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In zoögeog., subjacent with reference to certain parts of the Andes, and nowhere attaining an altitude so great as that of the highest Andean mountains: specifying a certain faunal area. (See below.)

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  • The linework for the Bolivian portion follows the Ribera et al classification of "subandean montane forest" and "subandean submontane forest", both of the Tucuman-Bolivian geologic formation.

    Southern Andean Yungas 2008

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