南なん限げん

noun

southern limit

Primarily used in ecology and biogeography for the southernmost range of a species. Also applicable to other distributional limits.

• この植しょく物ぶつの南なん限げんは九きゅう州しゅう南なん部ぶです。

  The southern limit of this plant is southern Kyushu.

• その鳥とりの分ぶん布ぷの南なん限げんを調ちょう査さした。

  We investigated the southern limit of that bird's distribution.