ancient forest

collocation in English

meaningsofancientandforest

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ancient
adjective
uk
/ˈeɪn.ʃənt/us
/ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
of or from a long time ago, having lasted for a very ...
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forest
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈfɒr.ɪst/us
/ˈfɔːr.ɪst/
a large area of land covered with trees and plants, usually larger than a wood, or the trees and ...
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(Definition ofancientandforestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Yes, logging anancientforestmay make likely an otherwise unlikely pathogen-vector match, but it may simultaneously make a much more likely match impossible.
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He made a speech rather like a small fire starting on the edge of anancientforestof rather dry timber.
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Does this include reducing deer to a level where theancientforestcan regenerate without fencing?
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It is also clear that what is happening is horrendous in a place of outstanding national beauty and inancientforestland.
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The area is anancientforest.
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This was likely a reference to the remnants of a largeancientforestthat existed in the area at the time the settlement was founded.
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Among the wildlife at the reserve, anancientforestwith fossilised remains of pre-historic trees is also on site.
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These are small pockets ofancientforestthat have been preserved by the communities for hundreds of years due to religious and cultural beliefs.
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Fifteen miles of hiking trails lead through anancientforestwith centuries-old trees and ridges and ravines carved by volcanic and glacial flows.
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The park includes mountains,ancientforestand sea coast in a spectacular landscape.
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The clearings opened the way into theancientforestto set up villages and farming (wheat, oats, barley) and to plant vines.
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Because of their protected status, sacred groves may be the only relicts ofancientforestand have a biodiversity much greater than the surrounding area.
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At the top he found anancientforestof moss-draped trees and ferns with a prehistoric appearance, kept constantly moist in the cloud layer.
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The island is about 75% forested with a large fraction standing asancientforest.
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The player starts out as a hermit in anancientforest, but he eventually becomes powerful enough to fight in the villages and towns, and eventually the dungeons.
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Metro, the park's managing body, leadsancientforestwalks, animal tracking workshops, and wildflower and mushroom identification classes.
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Greenpeace said in a press conference that the tree was originally from a logged area in theancientforestwhich was supposed to be protected.
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One of the primary reasons that the park was created was in response to the damage that the logging industry had done to theancientforestin the region.
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One night he discovers that the forest is inhabited by strange invisible creatures that whisper continually being released to resume again in the power of theancientforest.
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The world’s last ancient forests are being lost at a rate of more than 13 million hectares a year with devastating impact.
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