Alps Alps The Alps is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west. The word "Alps" was taken via French from Latin Alpes (meaning "the Alps"), which may be influenced by the Latin words albus (white) or altus (high), or a Celtic word. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alps"
The Central Eastern Alps are the core ranges of the Eastern Alps with the highest peaks, located between the Northern Limestone Alps and the Southern Limestone Alps, from which they differ in geological composition. They extend from the Bernina Range in Graubünden in the west as far as to the lower promontories east of the Mura such as the Hochwechsel in Styria in the east. ...more on Wikipedia about "Central Eastern Alps"
The climate of the Alps is the climate, or average weather conditions over a long time, of the central Alpine region of Europe. As we rise from sea level into the upper regions of the atmosphere the temperature decreases. The effect of mountain chains on prevailing winds is to carry warm air belonging to the lower region into an upper zone, where it expands in volume at the cost of a proportionate loss of heat, often accompanied by the precipitation of moisture in the form of snow or rain. ...more on Wikipedia about "Climate of the Alps"
(Exploration of the High Alps) Before January 1, 1858 ...more on Wikipedia about "Exploration of the High Alps"
The Fréjus Rail Tunnel (also called Mont Cenis Tunnel) is a railroad tunnel of 13.7 km (8.5 miles) length in the European Alps, through Mount Cenis, connecting Modane, France and Bardonecchia, Italy. It passes beneath the Pointe du Fréjus (2932 m) and the Col de Fréjus (2542 m). ...more on Wikipedia about "Fréjus Rail Tunnel"
The Fréjus Tunnel is a road tunnel between Lyon, France and Turin, Italy mainly made by the Italian engineer Germain Sommeiller. The tunnel is 13 kilometers (8 miles) long. It was opened for traffic in 1980. It is one of the major trans-Alpine transport routes between France and Italy being used for 80% of the commercial roadway traffic. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fréjus Road Tunnel"
The French Alps are simply those parts of the Alps which lie in France. They are within the regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur and Rhône-Alpes. ...more on Wikipedia about "French Alps"
The Black Forest is separated from the Alps by the River Rhine and Lake Constance, but exact delimitation is difficult in southern Germany, where the land gently slopes up to meet the mountains (known in German as the Schwäbisch-Bayerisches Alpenvorland, the "Swabian-Bavarian pre-Alps"). ...more on Wikipedia about "Geography of the Alps"
The Alps arose as a result of the pressure exerted on sediments of the Tethys Ocean basin as its Mesozoic and early Cenozoic strata were pushed against the stable Eurasian landmass by the northward-moving African landmass (the Alpine Orogeny). Most of this occurred during the Oligocene and Miocene epochs. The pressure formed great recumbent folds, or nappes, that rose out of what had become the Tethys Sea and pushed northward, often breaking and sliding one over the other to form gigantic thrust faults. Crystalline rocks, which are exposed in the higher central regions, are the rocks forming Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, and high peaks in the Pennine Alps and Hohe Tauern. ...more on Wikipedia about "Geology of the Alps"
The Haute Route, (or the High Route or Mountaineers' Route) is a cross-country route running between Chamonix, France and Zermatt, Switzerland. First charted by English adventurers at the end of the 19th Century, this route follows the 8+day, 100km, glacier walk from the Chamonix valley, home of Mont Blanc to Zermatt, home of the Matterhorn. ...more on Wikipedia about "Haute Route"
The Jungfraubahn (JB) is an 1000 millimetre gauge rack railway electrified at 3-phase 1,125 volts, which runs 9 kilometres from Kleine Scheidegg to the highest railway station in Europe at Jungfraujoch. The railway runs almost entirely within a tunnel built into the Eiger and Mönch mountains and contains two stations in the middle of the tunnel, where passengers can disembark to observe the neighbouring mountains through windows built into the mountainside. The JB is under the management of the Jungfraubahn Holding company, which also comprises the WAB ( Wengener Alp Bahn) which links to the JB at Kleine Scheidegg and has two routes down the mountain, to Lauterbrunnen and Grindelwald, from where the BOB ( Berner Oberland Bahn) connects to the Federal Railways at Interlaken. ==History== Starting from approximately 1860 there were many different plans for a mountain railway on the Jungfrau, which failed due to financial problems. In 1894, the industrialist Adolf Guyer-Zeller received a concession for a rack railway, which began from the railway station of the Wengernalpbahn (WAB) at Kleine Scheidegg, with a long tunnel through the Eiger and Mönch up to the summit of the Jungfrau. In 1896 construction began. The construction work preceded briskly. In 1898 the Jungfraubahn opened as far as the Eigergletscher station, at the foot of the Eiger. But it wasn't until February 21, 1912, sixteen years after works commenced, when the tunneling crew finally broke through the glacier in Jungfraujoch. The station at Junfraujoch was inaugurated on August 1, 1912. ==Rolling Stock== Since most of the railway is inside a tunnel, it was designed to run with electricity since conception. The latest rolling stock consists of twin units motor-coaches carrying 230 per train and capable of 27km/h on steepest ascent. ==Main Characteristics== == See also == * Mountain railway * Rail transport in Switzerland * Jungfrau is German for virgin; however the Jungfraubahn is nothing to do with Virgin Trains ...more on Wikipedia about "Jungfraubahn"
The Konkordiaplatz is a large flat area of snow and ice lying just to the south of the Jungfrau in the Swiss Alps. Its notable feature is that it is the junction of four different glaciers coming down from the surrounding mountains. The Aletsch Glacier originates from Konkordiaplatz. ...more on Wikipedia about "Konkordiaplatz"
Lech am Arlberg (1440m) is a mountain village (population: 1466, December 2002) and a noble ski resort in the Bludenz district, Vorarlberg, Austria, with a fine tradition of winter activities. Lech is famous for its skiing (both on-piste and off-piste). Well connected via mechanical lifts and groomed pistes with the neighbouring Zürs its ski resort is part of the overall Arlberg region. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lech am Arlberg"
This is a list of mountains of the Alps, ordered by elevation. The country codes used are: ...more on Wikipedia about "List of mountains of the Alps"
In the case of every mountain system, geographers are disposed to regard, as a general rule, the watershed (or boundary dividing the waters flowing towards opposite slopes of the range) as marking the main chain, and this usage is justified in that the highest peaks often rise on or very near the watershed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Main chain of the Alps"
La Meije is a mountain in the mountain range of Massif des Écrins and is summiting at 3984 m (Grand Pic de la Meije). ...more on Wikipedia about "Meije"
The Mont Blanc Tunnel is a road tunnel in the Alps between France and Italy, near the Mont Blanc mountain. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mont Blanc Tunnel"
The Northern Limestone Alps are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps. The distinction from the latter group, where the higher peaks are located, is based on differences in geological composition. The Northern Limestone Alps extend from the Bregenzerwald in Vorarlberg in the west to the Wienerwald in Lower Austria and Vienna in the east. ...more on Wikipedia about "Northern Limestone Alps"
The Paznaun is a valley in Tyrol, Austria leading south-west from Pians (850m) to the Bielerhöhe (2036), a mountain pass at the border of Vorarlberg and Tyrol. The Paznaun is watered by the Trisanna and surrounded by the mountain ranges of Verwall in the north, Samnaun in the south-east and Silvretta in the south-west. The main villages in the Paznaun are See (1050m), Kappl (1226m), Ischgl (1377m) and Galtür (1586m). Today, the main economic activity in the valley is tourism, especially winter sports. Each of the main villages has its own ski resort with the resort of Ischgl beeing the most prominent one. ...more on Wikipedia about "Paznaun"
Piz Gloria is the name of the panoramic restaurant on the Schilthorn near Mürren in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. The aerial tramway station and the restaurant were built by a Bernese architect Konrad Wolf. ...more on Wikipedia about "Piz Gloria"
Little is known of the early dwellers in the Alps, save from the scanty accounts preserved by Roman and Greek historians and geographers. A few details have come down to us of the conquest of many of the Alpine tribes by Augustus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Political history and modern state of the inhabitants of the Alps"
This article lists the principal mountain passes and tunnels in the Alps, and gives a history of transport across the Alps. ...more on Wikipedia about "Principal passes of the Alps"
The Southern Limestone Alps are the ranges of the Eastern Alps south of the Central Eastern Alps. The distinction from the latter group, where the higher peaks are located, is based on differences in geological composition. The Southern Limestone Alps extend from the Sobretta-Gavia Alps in Lombardy in the west to the Pohorje in Slovenia in the east. ...more on Wikipedia about "Southern Limestone Alps"
The Swiss Alps are the central portion of the Alps mountain range that lies within Switzerland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Swiss Alps"
The Triglav Lakes Valley ( Slovene: Dolina Triglavskih jezer) is a rocky hanging valley in the Julian Alps in Slovenia below the sheer sides of mountains Tičarica and Zelnarica to the southwest of Triglav. It is above the tree-line and is geologically Alpine Karst - therefore it is also called the sea of stone. ...more on Wikipedia about "Triglav Lakes Valley" Don't hesitate to contact stuff on http://www.shortopedia.com
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