cloud forest

el bosque de nubes

cloud forest(

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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).

noun

1. (geography)

a. el bosque de nubes

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Like rainforests, cloud forests are vulnerable to overdevelopment.Como las selvas lluviosas, los bosques de nubes son vulnerables al desarrollo excesivo.

b. el bosque nuboso

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Coffee is cultivated in cloud forests.El café se cultiva en los bosques nubosos.

c. el bosque nublado

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.

(Latin America)

Only a small percentage of the cloud forests of Colombia remain.Sólo queda un pequeño porcentaje de los bosques nublados de Colombia.

d. el bosque de niebla

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.

(Latin America)

The professor spends summers studying fauna in the cloud forests of South America.La profesora pasa los veranos estudiando la fauna de los bosques de niebla de Sudamérica.

e. el bosque mesófilo de montaña

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Regionalism used in Mexico

(Mexico)

The cloud forest is characterized by steady rains and fog year-round.El bosque mesófilo de montaña se caracteriza por lluvias frecuentes y neblina todo el año.

f. las yungas

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

Regionalism used in Argentina

(Argentina)

Regionalism used in Bolivia

(Bolivia)

Regionalism used in Peru

(Peru)

We visited the Bolivian yungas last summer.Visitamos las yungas de Bolivia el verano pasado.

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