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Boreal or boreale may refer to:
Climatogy and geography
- Boreal (age), the first climatic phase of the Blytt-Sernander sequence of northern Europe, during the Holocene epoch
- Boreal climate, a climate characterized by long winters and short, cool to mild summers
- Boreal ecosystem, an ecosystem with a subarctic climate in the Northern Hemisphere
- Boreal forest, a biome characterized by coniferous forests
- Boreal Sea, a Mesozoic-era seaway
Companies and organizations
- Boreal Design, a Canadian-based company that produces polyethylene and composites kayaks
- Boreale, a Quebec microbrewery
- Boreal Mountain Resort, a ski resort in the Lake Tahoe area of California
- Boreal Transport, a Norwegian public transport operator
- Boreal Bay Lodge, a fishing and hunt camp in the Lake of the Woods area in Canada
- Boreal, a Spanish outdoor equipment manufacturer
- Collège Boréal, a francophone college in Ontario, Canada.
Organisms
- Boreal bluet (Enallagma boreale), a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae
- Boreal chickadee, a species of chickadee
- Boreal chorus frog, a species of amphibian
- Boreal owl (Aegolius funereus), a species of owl
- Cerastium biebersteinii or Boreal chickweed, a species of ornamental plant in the family Caryophyllaceae
- Dianthus repens or Boreal carntion, a species of plant in the family Caryophyllaceae
- Onychoteuthis borealijaponica or Boreal clubhook squid, a species of squid in the family Onychoteuthidae
- Polemonium boreale or boreal Jacobs-ladder, a species of plant in the family Polemoniaceae
Other uses
- Carlo Boreal, a fictional character in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy
- Le Boreal, a French cruise ship
See also
- Boreal forest of Canada, a region covering much of Canada's land area
- Boreal Forest Conservation Framework, a plan to protect the Canadian boreal forest
- Borean languages, a hypothetical language family comprising languages of the Northern Hemisphere
- Boreal Shield Ecozone (CEC), region of ancient rock in Canada
- Borea (disambiguation)
- Boreas (disambiguation)
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