by snow. The canton of Ticino on the south side is almost snow free in early autumn. The SwissAlps ... summit in the PISS Alps is Monte Rosa 4,634 metres near the Swiss Italian border. The highest mountain ... thumb SwissAlps seen from the Swiss Jura The Alps cover 65 of Switzerland s surface area 41,285 ... alpine four thousanders 48 of 82 are located in the SwissAlps and the remaining few are within 20 km of the country s border. The glaciers of the SwissAlps cover an area of 1230 km 3 of the Swiss territory , representing 44 of the total glaciated area in the Alps 2800 km . The SwissAlps are situated south of the Swiss plateau and north of the national border. The limit between the Alps ... SwissAlps class wikitable font 90 bgcolor CCCCCC Location Range Cantons Notable peaks East limit ... 200px Map of the eastern SwissAlps class wikitable font 90 bgcolor CCCCCC Location Range Notable ... thumb right Ruinaulta Rhine Gorge in Graub nden The north side of the SwissAlps is drained by the Rhone ... 201930&f true Dam Begun in SwissAlps to be Europe s Highest. Popular Science , November 1929 ... Switzerland s landscape. Many valleys of the SwissAlps are U shaped due to glacial erosion ..., are found in the SwissAlps Subalpine zone File Val Trupchun.jpg thumb right Tree line in the National ... right Bern L tschberg Simplon railway L tschberg line The SwissAlps and Switzerland enjoy an extensive ... Also a large number of peaks outside the Alps were named or nicknamed after Swiss mountains, such as the Wetterhorn ... Summits around the Mattertal , Pennine Alps gallery See also Portal Switzerland Tourism Swiss Alpine ..., Alps http www.swisshiking.ch index.php?id 16&L 0 Swiss hiking federation german, french http www.pledari.ch mypledari index.php External links Sister project links wikt Alps b SwissAlps q SwissAlps s SwissAlps commons SwissAlps n SwissAlps v Alps Tourism http www.sbb.ch en index.htm General timetable ... rf schweizer alpen.htm Scenic PostBus lines in the SwissAlps http www.myswissalps.com ?lang EN MySwissAlps.com ... more details
This article focuses on the part of the Alps and Pr Alps that is located in North Eastern Switzerland . This region is bordered by Lake Lucerne in the south west the Klausen Pass , upper Linth valley and Lake Walen in the south the Rhine valley in the east Lake Constance in the north. Peaks The chief peaks of the Swiss Pre Alps , north of the Klausen Pass, are Image Alt St. Johann.jpg thumb S ntis above Alt St. Johann Image Mythen ganz .JPG thumb Grosser Mythen style border collapse collapse class wikitable sortable Name Elevation m Elevation ft Gl rnisch highest convert 2920 m ft disp table B s Fulen B ser Faulen convert 2804 m ft disp table S ntis convert 2504 m ft disp table Altmann convert 2438 m ft disp table Faulfirst convert 2416 m ft disp table Alvier convert 2363 m ft disp table Churfirsten highest convert 2309 m ft disp table Speer convert 1954 m ft disp table Grosser Mythen convert 1902 m ft disp table Rigi kulm convert 1800 m ft disp table Hoher Kasten convert 1798 m ft disp table Rossberg convert 1583 m ft disp table Zugerberg Hochwacht convert 992 m ft disp table Albis Hochwacht convert 880 m ft disp table Uetliberg convert 873 m ft disp table Passes Update date May 2009 The chief mountain pass pass es of the SwissAlps, north of the Klausen Pass , are Note road status as of 1911 lc on . table style border collapse collapse class wikitable sortable Mountain pass location type as of 1911 elevation m elevation ft Ruosalperkulm Sch chen Valley to the Muota Valley foot path convert 2172 m ft disp table Karren Alp Pass Muota Valley to Linthal foot path convert 2096 m ft disp table Kinzigkulm Pass Sch chen Valley to the Muota Valley foot path convert 2076 m ft disp table Saasberg Pass Einsiedeln, Switzerland Einsiedeln to Glarus foot path convert 1898 m ft disp ... bridle path convert 1217 m ft disp table See also Central Eastern Alps Glarus Alps 1911 Category Mountain ranges of Switzerland Category Mountain ranges of the Alps Category Canton of St. Gallen ... more details
for the European mountain range Alps Distinguish2 the 2011 Greek film Alps film Infobox film name The Alps image TheAlps.jpg caption director Stephen Judson producer Stephen Judson br Mark Krenzien br Greg MacGillivray writer Stephen Venables br Stephen Judson starring John Harlin mountaineer John Harlin br Robert Jasper br Daniela Jasper music Queen band Queen cinematography Michael Brown climber Michael Brown editing Stephen Judson distributor IMAX Corporation released Film date 2007 3 9 runtime 51 minutes country Film US language English budget The Alps is a 2007 American documentary film about the climbing of the north face of the Eiger in the Bernese Alps by John Harlin III, son of John Harlin mountaineer John Harlin who died on the same ascent 40 years earlier. It was shot in 70mm IMAX . Cast Michael Gambon , Narrator John Harlin III as Himself Robert Jasper as Himself Daniela Jasper as Herself Adele Hammond as Herself Siena Harlin as Herself Bruno Messerli as Himself Beatrice Messerli as Herself Christine Pielmeier as Herself See also SwissAlps Everest film Everest , Imax film produced by Greg MacGillivray . External links http www.alpsfilm.com en frame.cfm Official website imdb title id 0972356 title The Alps DEFAULTSORT Alps, The Category 2007 films Category 2000s documentary films Category American documentary films Category Documentary films about sports Category IMAX films Category Films directed by Greg MacGillivray sport documentary film stub de Die Alpen Film ... more details
ALPS may refer to The Alps , a mountain range spanning Europe Lymphoproliferative disorders Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome The Airport Logistics Park of Singapore The Alps Electric Corporation A Language for Process Specification See also Alps disambiguation disambig ... more details
The Rhaetian Alps are a part of the Central Eastern Alps along the Italian Swiss and Austrian Swiss borders, mostly located in the Graub nden canton in eastern Switzerland. Piz Bernina 13,284 ft 4,049 m , set on the Italian border, is the highest peak. The Rhaetian Alps contain the Albula Range Albula , Bernina Alps Bernina , Bregaglia Range Bregaglia , R tikon and Silvretta subranges. The Swiss National Park is located in the eastern segment. See also SwissAlps coord 46 48 N 10 00 E dim 20000 type mountain source dewiki display title Category Mountain ranges of Graub nden Category Mountain ranges of Tyrol state Grisons geo stub de R tische Alpen et Reetia Alpid es Alpes R ticos fr Alpes rh tiques it Alpi Retiche nl R tische Alpen no De r tiske Alpene nn Dei r tiske Alpane pl Alpy Retyckie ro Alpii Retici ru fi Reetian Alpit uk ... more details
to Bregenzerwald . The Swiss Jura mountains Jura do geographically not belong to the Alps Northern Limestone Alps , peaks up to 3000 m Central Eastern Alps Austria, Swiss , peaks up to 4050 m Southern ...Refimprove date June 2010 Image Alps from space.png thumb right 400px The Alps from space. The Alps cover a large area. This article describes the boundary delimitation delimitation of the Alps as a whole and of subdivisions of the range, follows the course of the main chain of the Alps and discusses ... relief hypsometric image of the Alps with the borders of the countries. The Alps form a large mountain ... Gebirge in the Alps . In some areas, such as the edge of the River Po Po Basin , the edge of the range is unambiguous, but where the Alps border on other mountainous or hilly regions, the border ... the Apennines and the Alps is usually taken to be the Colle di Cadibona , at 435 m above sea ... the tectonic ally formed Alps from the largely volcanism volcanically formed Massif Central. Working upstream, the River Rh ne turns to the east near Lyon , and forms part of the boundary between the Alps ... , continuing the border, with the Jura to the north west and the Alps to the south east. From ... Forest is separated from the Alps by the River Rhine and Lake Constance , but exact delimitation ... as the Schw bisch Bayerisches Alpenvorland , the Swabian Bavarian pre Alps . In Austria, the Danube runs to the north of the Alps, separating it from the majority of the Bohemian Forest B hmerwald ... forms the north eastern corner of the Alps, and here the Danube passes at its closest to the Alps see Viennese Basin . ref name alpsmap cite web last first authorlink coauthors title Travel map of the Alps ... of Vienna, only the Marchfeld , a 30 km wide flood plain separates the easternmost Alps from the Lesser Carpathians . After Vienna, the Pannonian Basin , a large area of steppe , meets the edge of the Alps, clearly delimiting the eastern limit of the Alps. The south easternmost extension of the Alps ... more details
Northern Alps may be the Alps north of the Periadriatic Seam the Alps north of the Main chain of the Alps Glarus Alps Appenzell Alps Northern Limestone Alps Hida Mountains , Japan See also Geography of the Alps Southern Alps disambiguation Eastern Alps Western Alps Central Alps Prealps disambig ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Geobox Range name Samnaun Alps image Muttler01.jpg image caption Muttler country Austria country1 Switzerland country2 state Tyrol state state1 Graub nden state2 parent Central Eastern Alps border Verwall Alps border1 Silvretta border2 Sesvenna Range border3 tztal Alps highest Muttler highest elevation 3293 highest lat d 46 highest lat m 54 highest lat s 1 highest lat NS N highest long d 10 highest long m 22 highest long s 42 highest long EW E geology period orogeny area length length orientation width width orientation map Samnaun.png map caption Location of the Samnaun Alps The Samnaun Alps are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps , named after the Swiss municipality of Samnaun . They are located at the border of the Austria n state of Tyrol state Tyrol and the Graub nden canton of Switzerland . The range includes the following peaks style border collapse collapse class wikitable sortable Peak colspan 2 Elevation m ft Muttler 3293 10,804 Piz Tsch tta 3258 10,689 Piz Mundin 3146 10,322 Vesilspitze 3115 10,220 Piz Rots 3097 10,161 Vesulspitze 3092 10,145 Hexenkopf 3038 9,968 B rkelkopf 3033 9,951 Gemspleiskopf 3017 9,899 Rothbleiskopf 2938 9,640 File SamnaunAlps.jpg thumb right Muttler left and Piz Tsch tta right For a list of passes, see Passes of the Silvretta and R tikon Ranges . See also SwissAlps List of mountains in Switzerland Category Mountain ranges of the Alps Category Mountain ranges of Tyrol state Category Mountain ranges of Graub nden Category Landeck District Central Alps Tyrol geo stub cs Samnaun de Samnaungruppe fr Massif de Samnaun it Gruppo del Samnaun nl Samnaungroep nn Samnaunfjella pl Masyw Samnaun fi Samnaunin Alpit vi Samnaun ... more details
wiktionarypar Alps The Alps are a major European mountain range. Alps may also refer to The Alps band , an English band Alps Electric Corporation . Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome In other mountain ranges Apuan Alps , in Italy Arrochar Alps , in Scotland Australian Alps , in Australia Dinaric Alps , in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, and Albania Issaquah Alps , in Washington, United States Japanese Alps , in Japan Lyngen Alps , in Norway Montes Alpes , on the Moon Southern Alps , in New Zealand Transylvanian Alps , in Romania Trinity Alps , in California, United States Yeongnam Alps , in South Korea Film The Alps , a 2007 American film Alps film Alps film , a 2011 Greek film Transportation ALPS The Bus , a bus transportation company in the Philippines . See also Alpes disambiguation ALP disambiguation ALPS disambiguation disambig de Alpen Begriffskl rung it Alpi disambigua ja pl Alpy ujednoznacznienie ... more details
Summit of S ntis gallery See also SwissAlps External links http www.summitpost.org area range 170869 appenzell alps alpstein .html The Appenzell Alps on SummitPost Category Appenzell Ausserrhoden Category Appenzell Innerrhoden Category Canton of St. Gallen Category Mountain ranges of the Alps ...Geobox Range name Appenzell Alps other name lang fr Alpes appenzelloises other name1 lang de Appenzeller Alpen image Churfirsten02.jpg image caption Churfirsten group, with the Schibestoll, Zuestoll, Brisi, Fr msel and Selun left to right country Switzerland region type Cantons of Switzerland Cantons region Appenzell Ausserrhoden region1 Appenzell Innerrhoden region2 St. Gallen canton St. Gallen unit Alps border Glarus Alps border1 R tikon length imperial length orientation width imperial width orientation geology period orogeny highest S ntis highest elevation 2502 highest lat d 46 highest lat m 38 highest lat s 28 highest lat NS N highest long d 8 highest long m 25 highest long s 6 highest long EW E map Alpes centrales.gif map caption Central Alps Appenzell Alps marked as Alpes appenzelloises The Appenzell Alps are a mountain range in Switzerland on the northern edge of the Alps . They extend into the cantons of Appenzell Ausserrhoden , Appenzell Innerrhoden and St. Gallen canton St. Gallen and are bordered by the Glarus Alps to the west and the R tikon to the south east. Sub ranges The range is split up into six sub ranges Alpstein, central group , highest summit Altmann, 2,435 m Alpstein, northern group , highest summit S ntis , 2,502 m Alpstein, southern group , highest summit Roslen or Saxerfirst, 2,151 m Alviergruppe , highest summit Gamsberg, 2,385 m Churfirsten , highest summit Hinterrugg, 2,306 m Speer Mattstock , highest summit Speer, 1,950 m Geography Principal summits The principal summits of the Appenzell Alps are S ntis , 2,502 m Girenspitz, 2,448 m Altmann mountain Altmann , 2,436 m Gamsberg, 2,385 m Fulfirst, 2,384 m Wildhuser Schafberg, 2,373 m Wisswand, 2,346 ... more details
2,152 7,060 Pointe de Bellevue 2,042 6,699 Le M le 1,863 6,112 See also SwissAlps French Alps References reflist 2 Category Mountain ranges of the Alps Category Mountain ranges of Switzerland Category ...Geobox Range name Chablais Alps other name lang fr Pr alpes franco suisses image Dents du midi2.jpg image caption The seven summits of the Dents du Midi pushpin map Alps lat d 46 lat m 9 lat s 45 lat NS N long d 6 long m 55 long s 25 long EW E country Switzerland country1 France region type region Valais region1 Haute Savoie parent Alps border Bernese Alps , Mont Blanc Massif length imperial length orientation width imperial width orientation geology period orogeny highest Dents du Midi Haute Cime highest elevation 3257 highest lat d 46 highest lat m 9 highest lat s 45 highest lat NS N highest long d 6 highest long m 55 highest long s 25 highest long EW E map map caption The Chablais Alps are a mountain range in the western Alps . They are situated between Lake Geneva and the Mont Blanc Massif . ref citation last first title Cha ne franco suisse publisher Club Alpin Suisse CAS year 2003 isbn 978 3 85902 209 6 ref The Col des Montets separates them from the Mont Blanc Massif in the south, and the Rh ne valley separates them from the Bernese Alps in the east. The Chablais Alps are composed of two distinct parts separated by the Val d Illiez the Dents du Midi massif on the south which contains the highest peaks, and the French Prealps alpine foothills on the north. Peaks see also List of mountains in Switzerland Image Lakefront.PNG thumb left The Chablais Alps from across Lake Geneva Image DentJaune.jpg thumb left Summits of the Dents du Midi Image Barme.jpg thumb left Above Champ ry Image TourSalli re.jpg thumb left Tour Salli re Image LacdeSalanfe.jpg thumb left Lac de Salanfe The main peaks of the Chablais Alps are style border collapse collapse class wikitable sortable Peak colspan 2 Elevation m ft Dents du Midi 3,257 10,686 Tour Salli re 3,220 10,564 Mont Ruan 3,053 10,016 ... more details
, an external fold and thrust belt, which can geologically be seen as part of the Alps. The western part of the Molasse basin forms the plateau of the Swiss plateau Mittelland between the Alps and Jura ... geological transect and tectonic evolution of the Swiss Italian Alps journal Tectonics volume 15 page ...geology of the Alps Refimprove date September 2011 The Alps form part of a Tertiary orogeny orogenic ... during the Alpine orogeny . A gap in these mountain chains in central Europe separates the Alps from ... tectonic subsidence has produced the gaps in between. The Alps arose as a result of the collision of the African ... Blanc , the Matterhorn , and high peaks in the Pennine Alps and Hohe Tauern Harv Stampfli Borel 2004 ... shore of the African landmass. Geologic boundaries of the Alps Image Tectonic map Mediterranean EN.svg thumb 350px Tectonic map of the Mediterranean , showing the position of the Alps within other structures of the Alpide belt . The Alps form a northward wikt convex convex arc around their southeastern ... deposits flysch and molasse are found. This Bavaria n and Switzerland Swiss foreland basin is called ... is the north south extensional Rhine graben to the north. The Alps continue more or less smoothly ..., the Dinarides to the southeast and the Carpathians to the northeast. In the east the Alps are bounded .... Geologic structure of the Alps The Alps have a complex geology, but the general structure is the same as for other mountain ranges formed by continental collision . Subdivisions The Alps are often divided into Eastern Alps Eastern , Central Alps and Western Alps , even though the boundaries between these subdivision are rather arbitrary. The division between the Eastern and Central Alps is approximately ... Alps is unclear Harv Pfiffner 2009 p 25 . The main suture geology suture big shear zone in the Alps is called the Periadriatic Seam and runs through the Alps from east to west. This is the boundary ... of this line are Fold geology fold ed and thrusted units of the Southern Alps geology Southern ... more details
Image Hauteroute alps seabhcan.jpg thumb 300px Part of the Haute Route between France and SwissAlps ... 300px View of Theodul Pass 3,301 m around 1800. The High Alps are those parts of the Alps unsuitable for habitation or seasonal transhumance in the Alps transhumance . This includes all regions higher ... permanently inhabited village in the Alps. Alpine pasture s are typically below 2,400 m ...&hl de&sa X&oi book result&resnum 9&ct result ref . The High Alps have tundra climate tundra ... Alps began in the 18th century, with Horace B n dict de Saussure . The first ascent of the highest peak of the alps, Mont Blanc , dates to 1786. All important List of mountain passes in Switzerland ... of the mountains. In some parts of the Alps the limit is about 2,400 m elevation, while in others ... of the Alps sustains a far more varied and brilliant vegetation. center class wikitable align center style text align center margin right 0px relief map of the Alps with altitudes above 2,500 m highlighted Image label begin image High Alps relief.jpg width width 600 float float none Image label small x 0.15 y 0.17 scale width 600 text span style font size 120 background color white Bernese Alps span ... Cottian Alps span Image label small x 0.55 y 0.09 scale width 600 text span style font size 120 background color white Central Eastern Alps span Image label small x 0.11 y 0.32 scale width 600 text span style font size 120 background color white Graian Alps span Image label small x 0.09 y 0.37 scale width 600 text span style font size 120 background color white Dauphin Alps span Image label small x 0.34 y 0.10 scale width 600 text span style font size 100 background color white Glarus Alps ... white Pennine Alps span Image label small x 0.36 y 0.17 scale width 600 text span style font size 120 background color white Lepontine Alps span Image label small x 0.06 y 0.48 scale width 600 text span style font size 100 background color white Maritime Alps span Image label end center References reflist ... more details
and R tikon Ranges SwissAlps References unreferenced date September 2007 Central Alps Category Mountain ranges of the Alps Category Mountain ranges of Tyrol state Category Mountain ranges of Switzerland ...Geobox Range name Silvretta Alps image PizLinard02.PNG image caption Piz Linard country Austria country1 Switzerland state Tyrol state Tirol state1 Vorarlberg state2 Graub nden parent Central Eastern Alps border R tikon border1 Verwall Alps border2 Samnaun Alps border3 Sesvenna Range border4 Albula Range highest Piz Linard highest elevation 3410 highest lat d 46 highest lat m 50 highest lat s highest lat NS N highest long d 10 highest long m 02 highest long s highest long EW E geology period orogeny area length length orientation width width orientation map Silvretta.png map caption Location of Silvretta range coord 46 52 N 10 07 E display title The Silvretta Alps are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps shared by Tyrol state Tirol , Vorarlberg both in Austria and Graub nden Switzerland . The Austrian States of Austria states of Tirol and Vorarlberg are connected by a pass road Silvretta Hochalpenstra e at 2032 m . The majority of the peaks are elevated above three thousand metres and are surrounded by glacier s. Thus, the area is also known as the Blue Silvretta . Borders According to the Alpine Club s, the Silvretta Alps are outlined from other groups by the following borders St. Gallenkirch Ill, Austria Ill river as far as Partenen Zeinisjoch Zeinisbach Paznaun tal as far as Ischgl Fimbertal Fimber Pass Val Ch glias Val Sinestra Inn River from the mouth of the Branclabach to the mouth of the Susasca Val Susasca Fl ela Pass Davos Wolfgang Laretbach Klosters Schlappinbach Schlappiner Joch Valzifensbach Gargellental St. Gallenkirch The Silvretta Alps are surrounded by the R tikon , Verwall Alps Verwall and Samnaun Alps Samnaun ranges. The Piz Buin is not the highest ..., Swiss Alpine Club SAC Fergen Hut, SAC Heidelberg Hut, German Alpine Club DAV , Heidelberg Section ... more details
Refimprove date July 2011 Geobox Range name Eastern Alps other name other name1 image Tschierva glacier rework.jpg image caption Piz Bernina centre left with the Biancograt to the left, Piz Scerscen centre right and Piz Roseg right , seen from Piz Corvatsch country Switzerland country1 Austria country2 Liechtenstein country3 Germany country4 Italy country5 Slovenia region type region parent Alps border Wienerwald border1 length imperial length orientation width imperial width orientation geology ... map Alps Regions Eastern Alps .png map caption Map of the Eastern Alps Eastern Alps is the name given to the eastern half of the Alps , usually defined as the area east of the Spl gen Pass in eastern ..., the Liro Como Liro river and Lake Como form the boundary line. Geography The Eastern Alps include ... . The Eastern Alps are traditionally divided according to the Alpenvereins Einteilung arrangement ... Alps , the Central Eastern Alps or the Southern Calcareous Alps . Fuller details are given on those pages of the regions they contain. The highest mountain in the Eastern Alps is Piz Bernina 4,049 m in Switzerland is the highest peak in south Rhetic Alps . ref http www.summitpost.org piz bernina 150264 ... Pasterze werk seiten datum zugriff 9 March 2009 ref During the W rm glaciation , the Eastern Alps were drier than the Western Alps , with the contiguous ice shield ending in the region of the Niedere Tauern in Austria . This allowed many species to survive the ice age in the Eastern Alps where ... to the Eastern Alps. The R tikon mountain range, in the Central Eastern Alps , derives its name from ... Century the Slavic settlement in the Eastern Alps region was occurring, as proven by the collapse of local ... and the newly formed Switzerland Swiss cantons. The R tikon mountain range derives its name from Raetia . See also Northern Calcareous Alps Central Eastern Alps Southern Calcareous Alps List of Total ... E type mountain region IT display title Category Mountain ranges of the Alps Category Mountain ranges ... more details
Refimprove date June 2010 Geobox Range name French Alps native name image Mont Blanc and Lake of Passy.JPG image caption The west face of Mont Blanc , the tallest mountain in the French Alps, from Passy ... Alps geology B ndner schist geology1 flysch geology2 molasse period Tertiary orogeny Alpine orogeny ... Alps, br with the Prealps ranges highlighted in orange. Image Alps of France NASA A2002274 1240 250m.jpg thumb right 260px NASA photo of the French Alps 26 Oct 2002 . The French Alps are those portions of the Alps mountain range which stand within France , located in the Rh ne Alpes and Provence ..., is the highest mountain in the Alps as well as the List of highest points of European countries ... years ref Notable towns in the French Alps include Grenoble , Chamonix , Annecy , Chamb ry , and Albertville ... Alps Mont Blanc Massif Mont Blanc Nowrap convert 4810.45 m ft 0 Graian Alps Beaufortain Massif Roignais convert 2995 m ft 0.0 Graian Alps Lauzi re Massif Lauzi re Peak Grand Pic de la Lauzi re convert 2829 m ft 0 Graian Alps Vanoise Massif Grande Casse convert 3855 m ft 0 Dauphin Alps Belledonne Belledonne Peak convert 2977 m ft 0 Dauphin Alps Grandes Rousses Bayle Peak convert 3465 m ft 0 Dauphin Alps Arves Massif Aiguilles d Arves convert 3514 m ft 0 Dauphin Alps Taillefer Massif Taillefer Peak convert 2857 m ft 0 Dauphin Alps Massif des crins crins Massif Barre des crins convert 4102 m ft 0 Cottian Alps Mont Cenis Massif Pointe de Ronce convert 3612 m ft 0 Cottian Alps Massif des Cerces Cerces Massif Grand Galibier convert 3229 m ft 0 Cottian Alps Queyras Massif Rochebrune Peak convert 3320 m ft 0 Cottian Alps Ubaye Massif Orrenaye Aiguille de Chambeyron convert 3411 m ft 0 Maritime Alps Mercantour Massif Cime du G las convert 3143 m ft 0 Maritime Alps Pelat Massif Mont Pelat convert 3050 m ft 0 Maritime Alps Massif des Trois v ch s T te de l Estrop convert 2961 m ft 0 Ligurian Alps Ligurian Alps Pointe Marguareis convert 2651 m ft 0 French Prealps Savoy Prealps Chablais ... more details
also Transhumance History of the Alps Valleys of the Alps Animal husbandry Swiss folklore pre Christian ... Jun 2004 Transhumance in the Alps , or seasonal migration between valley and high pastures German ... , lang de Alm, Alp is a traditional practice that has shaped much of the landscape in the Alps, as without ... Alps . History German Alm seasonal mountain pasture is a reduced form of Alben , the original dative ... to the name of the Alps itself, probably a pre Roman and possibly pre Indo European term for mountain ... economy in the Alps dating to the 4th millennium BC Neolithic Europe . ref cite book last Barker ... around 3500 2500 BC ref Research found evidence for transhumance in the Northern Limestone Alps dating ... The transhumance system in the alps has remained virtually unchanged since at least the High Middle ... books?id UVA7AAAAIAAJ&printsec frontcover PPA114,M1 Barker 114 ref Along the edge of the alps, starting ... Ages HDS 8569 1 3 The Alps Agriculture in the Middle Ages ref In these communities on the edge of the Alps ... as horizontal movement to the cattle markets. In the communities located in the central alps, the herds ... PPA115,M1 Barker 115 ref While transhumance had been practiced in the Alps for thousands of years ... Marchenstreit ref Agriculture near the Alps In the valleys along the edge of the Alps cattle production ... . Swiss folklore also records many traditional tales about mythological creatures such as dwarves ... on specific Alps , appearances of the devil or spirits of earlier Sennen , etc. Statistics In 1997 ... methods and tools. Alpine pastures amount to 35 percent of Swiss farmland and 13 percent of the entire ... Swiss Federal Statistics Office de icon accessed 2 April 2009 ref The total population of mountain ... 5 The Alps Agriculture in the 19th & 20th Centuries ref The farmers that are involved in mountain farming ... k02.15s.pdf Swiss Federal Statistics Office map showing the extent ... In The Alps Category Alps Category Livestock Alps Category Montane ecology Category Economy of Europe ... more details
td St. Moritz to Chiavenna td road td 1815 td align right 5955 table See also SwissAlps List of mountains in Switzerland References Reflist Swisstopo maps Central Alps Category Mountain ranges of the Alps ...Geobox Range name Albula Alps image Piz Kesch HQ.jpg image caption Piz Kesch country Switzerland state Graub nden state1 unit Rhaetian Alps border Oberhalbstein Range border1 Silvretta border2 Bernina Alps geology area length length orientation width width orientation highest Piz Kesch highest elevation 3418 highest lat d 46 highest lat m 37 highest lat s highest lat NS N highest long d 09 highest long m 52 highest long s highest long EW E map map caption The Albula Alps ref Reynolds, Kev 2005 . Walking in the Alps , 2nd ed., Cicerone, Singapore, p. 275, ISBN 978 1 85284 261 X. ref is a mountain range in the Alps of eastern Switzerland . It is considered to be part of the Central Eastern Alps . It is named after the River Albula river Albula . The Albula range is separated from the Oberhalbstein Range in the west by the Septimer Pass and the Julia river Julia valley from the Plessur Range in the north west by the Landwasser valley from the Silvretta group in the north east by the Fl ela Pass from the Bernina Alps in the south east by the Maloja Pass and the Inn river Inn valley upper Engadin . The Albula Alps are drained by the Albula river Albula , Julia river Julia , Landwasser and Inn river Inn rivers. Peaks File Lej Alv a Piz Ot.jpg thumb Piz Ot File Piz Kesch 3418 m.n.m..jpg thumb Piz Kesch File Piz Julier 3380 m.n.m..jpg thumb Piz Julier File Pass Lunghin.jpg thumb Lunghin Pass major watershed The main peaks of the Albula Range are style border collapse collapse class wikitable sortable Peak colspan 2 Elevation m ft Piz Kesch 3422 11,288 Piz Calderas 3393 11,132 Piz Julier 3385 11,106 Piz d Err 3381 11,093 Piz Ela 3340 10,959 Piz Uertsch 3273 10,739 Piz Ot 3251 10,667 Piz Jenatsch 3250 10,663 Piz Vadret 3226 10,584 Piz Sarsura 3178 10,427 Corn da Tinizong 3173 10,412 ... more details
and rarely forms forests. The Swiss Pine is found scattered at intervals throughout the Alps but is not common ...The climate of the Alps is the climate , or average weather conditions over a long time, of the exact middle Alps Alpine region of Europe . As air rises from sea level to the upper regions of the Earth ... meteorology precipitation of moisture in the form of snow , rain or hail . The position of the Alps ... by the streams of the Alps. Nearly all the moisture that is precipitated during fall, winter, and spring is stored in the form of snow and gradually diffused. Subalpine Alps The Subalpine is the region which mainly determines the manner of life of the population of the Alps . Roughly one quarter of the land lying between the summits of the Alps is available for cultivation. Of this low country ... region, but in many parts of the Alps the villages stand in the subalpine region at elevations ... conifer forests of the Alps the prevailing species are the Norway Spruce and the Silver ... above the level of its congener s on the higher mountains. In the Northern Alps the pine forests ... ft , while European Larch, Swiss Pine and Mountain Pine often extend above that elevation. Alpine Region Image Alpine flora.png Flora plants Flora typical of the Alpine Region of the Alps thumb left The Alps are eponymous of the Alpine climate typical of the Alps between the tree line up to the permanent ... beauty and variety of characteristic vegetation of the Alps. The region contains many shrub s Three ... willow s grow near the snow line. Glacial Region main High Alps On the higher parts of lofty mountains in the Alps more snow falls in each year than melts. A portion of this is carried away by the wind ... thumb Scenery typical of the glacial regions of the Alps Still, the line of perpetual snow ... attempts to fix accurately the level of perpetual snow in the Alps are fallacious. At best, local accuracy might be established for a particular district. In some parts of the Alps the limit is about ... more details
World Heritage Site SwissAlps Jungfrau Aletsch in 2001 and further expanded in 2007. Its name ... td 1035 m td 3396 ft table See also SwissAlps The Alps documentary film References reflist External ...Geobox Range name Bernese Alps other name lang fr Alpes bernoises other name1 lang de Berner Alpen image ... Alps border Chablais Alps border1 Pennine Alps border2 Lepontine Alps border3 Urner Alps length imperial ... Central Alps The Bernese Alps are a group of mountain range s in the western part of the Alps , in Switzerland ... of Bern , portions of the Bernese Alps are in the adjacent cantons of Valais , Canton of Lucerne ... Fribourg Alps and Vaud Alps respectively. The Rh ne River Rh ne valley separates them from the Chablais Alps in the west and from the Pennine Alps in the south the upper Rh ne valley separate them from the Lepontine Alps in the south east the Grimsel Pass and the Aar valley separates them from the Urner Alps in the east their northern edge is not so well defined, describing a line roughly from Lake Geneva to Lake Lucerne . The Bernese Alps are drained by the river Aar and its tributary Saane in the north ... 10127 Berner Alpen Pr les.jpg thumb left Bernese Alps seen from Bernese Jura One of the most considerable Alpine ranges, the Bernese Alps extend from the gorge of Saint Maurice, Switzerland Saint Maurice ..., to the river Reuss river Reuss thus including the Urner Alps . The principal ridge, a 100 ... Alps extends through a great part of the canton of Berne Bernese Oberland , throwing out branches ... progressively become lower and disappear into the hilly Swiss Plateau or into the Lake Lake Thun Thun ... guide, Central Alps , 1866, London ref File Gross Fiescherhorn.jpg thumb left The north face of the Gross ... part of the Alps . ref http whc.unesco.org en list 1037 Jungfrau Aletsch Bietschhorn World Heritage Site ref A characteristic in the orography of the Bernese Alps is, that whereas the western of that chain ... railways, make the northern side of the range, the Bernese Oberland , one of the portions of the Alps ... more details
unreferenced date August 2011 Geobox Range name Pennine Alps other name lang fr Alpes valaisannes other name1 lang de Walliser Alpen other name2 lang it Alpi Pennine image Valais Alps.jpg image caption View of Pennine Alps from Riederalp country Switzerland country1 Italy region Valais region1 Piedmont region2 Aosta Valley parent Alps border Graian Alps border1 Lepontine Alps border2 Bernese Alps length length orientation width width orientation geology period orogeny highest Monte Rosa highest elevation 4634 highest lat d 45 highest lat m 56 highest lat s 12 highest lat NS N highest long d 7 highest long m 52 highest long s 00 highest long EW E map Alpes centrales.gif map caption Central Alps Not to be confused with the Pennines . The Pennine Alps also Valais Alps are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps . They are located in Switzerland Valais and Italy Piedmont and the Aosta ... them from the Graian Alps the Simplon Pass separates them from the Lepontine Alps the Rh ne River Rh ne valley separates them from the Bernese Alps . The Italian side is drained by the rivers Dora Baltea , Sesia River Sesia and Toce , tributaries of the Po River Po . The Swiss side is drained by the Rh ne ... The chief peaks of the Pennine Alps are div style float left width 28 class wikitable align ... mountain pass passes of the Pennine Alps are style border collapse collapse class wikitable ... de Ferret Great St. Bernard Pass Great St Bernard to the Swiss Val Ferret bridle path 2,699 8,855 ... road 2,009 6,592 Baranca Pass Varallo to the Val Anzasca bridle path 1,820 5,971 See also SwissAlps References 1911 Coord 46 05 N 7 50 E region CH type mountain display title Category Mountain ranges of the Alps Category Mountain ranges of Switzerland Category Mountain ranges of Italy Category ... ca Alps Penins cs Wallisk Alpy da Wallis Alperne de Walliser Alpen es Alpes Peninos fr Alpes valaisannes ... pl Alpy Penni skie ro Alpii Pennini Walliser ru simple Pennine Alps fi Valais ... more details
Refimprove date June 2009 The Grison Alps are the mountain s of the Graub nden canton of Switzerland Grisons being the English name for the Graub nden region . There are many significant peaks in the Grison Alps, including the T di 3,614 m and the highest peak, Piz Bernina 4,049 m . Many of the mountain ranges feature extensive glaciers, such as at the Lepontine Alps Adula , the Albula Range Albula , the Silvretta , the Bernina Range Bernnina or the R tikon range. The Grison Alps include parts of both the Eastern Alps and the Western Alps . The Eastern Alps located in Graub nden are the Rhaetian Alps , which is part to the Central Eastern Alps . The Rhaetian Alps consists of the following mountain ranges Samnaun Alps , R tikon , Silvretta , Sesvenna Range , Albula Range , Plessur Range , Oberhalbstein Range , Livigno Range , Bregaglia Range and the Bernina Range . The Western Alps located in Graub nden, include portions of the Lepontine Alps and the Glarus Alps . ref citebook title The History of Switzerland first Heinrich last Zschokke publisher BiblioBazaar year 2008 ISBN 0559312873 ref References refs coord 46 N 9 E type mountain region CH GR display title Category Mountain ranges of the Alps Category Mountain ranges of Graub nden Grisons geo stub de B ndner Alpen it Alpi Grigionesi ... more details
coord 46 55 53.44 N 8 54 55.46 E type mountain region CH display title Geobox Range name Glarus Alps other name lang fr Alpes glaronaises other name1 lang de Glarner Alpen image Braunwald Alps.jpg image caption Glarus Alps from Braunwald country Switzerland region type Cantons of Switzerland Cantons region canton of Glarus Glarus region1 Canton of Uri Uri region2 Graub nden region3 St. Gallen canton St Gallen unit Alps border Urner Alps border1 Lepontine Alps border2 Appenzell Alps length imperial length orientation width imperial width orientation geology period orogeny highest T di highest elevation 3614 highest lat d 46 highest lat m 48 highest lat s 40 highest lat NS N highest long d 8 highest long m 54 highest long s 53 highest long EW E map Alpes centrales.gif map caption Central Alps the Glarus Alps are marked as Alpes glaronaises The Glarus Alps are a mountain range in central Switzerland . They extend from the Oberalp Pass to the Klausen Pass , and are bordered by the Urner Alps to the west, the Lepontine Alps to the south and the Appenzell Alps to the northeast. The eastern part of the Glarus Alps contains a major thrust fault which was declared a geologic UNESCO world heritage site the Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona . Geography The main chain of the Glarus Alps can be divided into six minor groups, separated from each other by passes, the lowest of which exceeds 7,500 ft. The westernmost of these is the Crispalt, a rugged range including many peaks of nearly equal height. The highest of these are the Piz Giuv 3,096 m and Piz Nair Tujetsch Piz Nair . The name Crispalt is given to a southern, but secondary, peak of Piz Giuv, measuring 3,070 m. West of the main group ... meters td 6404 feet table See also SwissAlps References reflist 1911 Swisstopo maps External links http www.summitpost.org area range 170954 glarus alps.html The Glarus Alps on SummitPost Category Mountain ... name Ball John Ball naturalist John Ball , The Alpine Guide, Central Alps , 1866, London ref Image ... more details
Beyond the Alps is a poem by Robert Lowell . According the Saskia Hamilton , the editor of Lowell s Letters , Lowell wrote the original version of the poem in 1952. ref Hamilton, Saskia. Introduction I Was Naked Without My Line Ends. The Letters of Robert Lowell . New York Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2004. ref The poem was inspired by a trip to Europe that he took with his second wife Elizabeth Hardwick . ref name RL 1988 Voices and Visions Video Series. Robert Lowell . 1988. ref It documents his journey, by train, through the Alps, from Rome to Paris in 1950 and captures his feelings towards his waning faith in Catholicism. Evidence of this interpretation can be heard at Lowell s 1963 poetry reading at the Guggenheim Museum, when he introduced his reading of Beyond the Alps by stating that, the poem was a declaration of my faith or lack of faith. ref Lowell, Robert and John Berryman. Guggenheim Poetry Reading. New York Academy of American Poets Archive, 1963. 88 minutes. ref He has stated that the poem is about people who go beyond nature... Benito Mussolini Mussolini or the Pope Pius XII Pope .... What the poem means theologically, I think, is impenetrable. ref name RL 1988 The poem begins Lowell s Life Studies and this is significant because it marks a break from his previous books which were written while Lowell was much more serious, even fervent, about his Catholic faith and a recent convert as well . Multiple versions Lowell published three different versions of this poem. The poem originally appeared in Kenyon Review in 1953. Then, Lowell published a significantly revised version in his book, Life Studies 1959 in which two major stanzas were removed. However, Lowell ... the Alps in For the Union Dead . ref Lowell, Robert. Collected Poems . Eds. Frank Bidart and David ... 1950 . A Swiss attempt to climb Mount Everest attempts actually made in May 1952 & the autumn ... The Alps Category American poems Category Works by Robert Lowell ... more details
The Limestone Alps lang de Kalkalpen are the two mountain range s, roughly convert 600 km mi long, which run parallel to the main mountain range of the Austrian Central Alps and to its north and south. They are known as the Northern Limestone Alps Northern and Southern Limestone Alps respectively. The best known mountain groups in the Limestone Alps are in the north the R tikon , Wetterstein , Wilder Kaiser , Steinberge , Dachstein massif , Totes Gebirge , Ges use , Hochschwab and the local Vienna mountains, the Rax and the Schneeberg Alps Schneeberg in the south, the Dolomites , Carnic Alps and Karavanken . The Geomorphology mountain and hill profiles of the Limestone Alps are very varied and range from jagged peaks and rock faces to high plateau s and extensive areas of karst . They are of economic importance, not least because they are sources of drinking water and have many accessible dripstone cave dripstone and ice cave s. Whilst the central Alps are mainly composed of crystalline rock granite , gneiss or slate the High Tauern , the Limestone Alps are made of lighter and more porous rock. In addition to limestone , they contain dolomite , marl , sandstone and the like. See also Mountain building , tectonics , Alpine folding Limestone Alps National Park in Austria Category Alps Category Mountain ranges of Europe de Kalkalpen lt Klintin s Alp s nl Kalkalpen pl Alpy Wapienne ro Alpii Calcaro i ... more details
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