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Boreal may refer to:
Climatology 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
Other uses
Boreal (horse) , a racehorse
Carlo Boreal , a fictional character in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy
Le Boreal , a French cruise ship
Borealism , the exoticisation of the northern regions of the Earth and their cultures
See also
Topics referred to by the same term