Boreal

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

Organisms

• Boreal bluet (Enallagma boreale), a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae
• Boreal owl (Aegolius funereus), a species of owl
• 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