Submountain area - Asanchitai

Japanese: 亜山地帯 - あさんちたい
Submountain area - Asanchitai

… Forest vegetation changes vertically with temperature changes according to altitude. In the warm temperate zone, it is divided into submontane (evergreen broadleaf forest zone), mountain zone (deciduous broadleaf forest zone), subalpine zone (evergreen coniferous forest zone), and alpine zone (dwarf pine zone, above the tree line). In the Northern Alps, the upper limits of the submontane, mountain, and subalpine zones are approximately 500m, 1700m, and 2500m, respectively, and anything above 2500m is the alpine zone. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "submountain zone" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 森林植生は,標高に応じた温度変化に伴い垂直的に変化する。暖温帯域では亜山地帯(照葉樹林帯),山地帯(落葉広葉樹林帯),亜高山帯(常緑針葉樹林帯),高山帯(ハイマツ帯,森林限界以上)に区別されている。北アルプスではおよそ500m,1700m,2500mがそれぞれ亜山地帯,山地帯,亜高山帯の上限にあたり,2500m以上が高山帯となる。…

※「亜山地帯」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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