Meaning of mist belt | Babel Free

Definitions

A region at middle altitude that is regularly misty, as opposed to the areas above and below.

Examples

“In the mountains that run parallel to the SW shores of the Red Sea from S.E. Egypt to the “Horn” of Africa, Cape Gardafui (i.e. over a distance of some 2,650 km), there is a more or less continuous mist belt between 600 and 1,800 m elevation, depending on local conditions.”

“Here the transition from the desert vegetation of the plains to the lush vegetation of the mist belts is abrupt.”

“This mist belt extends all the way to Cape Gaddafui, further south, in Somalia, this mist belt is the exclusive habitat of Frankincense trees (Boswellia carteri and B. freeri).”

“We have only sometimes mist but there is no mist belt as on the Canary Islands.”

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