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Ötzi Reconstruction of Ötzi mummy as shown in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France Pronunciation German pronunciation: [ˈœtsi] ⓘ Born c. 3275 BC near the present village of Feldthurns (Velturno), north of Bolzano, Italy Died c. 3230 BC (aged about 45) Ötztal Alps, near Tisenjoch on the border between Austria and Italy Other names Ötzi the Iceman Similaun Man Man from Tisenjoch Man from ...
The Alps continue fairly smoothly into the following related Alpine mountain ranges: the Apennines to the southwest, the Dinarides to the southeast and the Carpathians to the northeast. In the east the Alps are bounded by the Viennese Basin and the Pannonian Basin, where east–west stretching of the crust takes place.
The south-easternmost extension of the Alps is to be found in Slovenia, including Pohorje, the Kamnik Alps and the Julian Alps (the last being shared with Italy). The town of Idrija may be taken as marking the dividing line between the Alps to the north and the karst plateau to the south, which then leads on to the mountains of the Balkan ...
The Alps provide lowland Europe with drinking water, irrigation, and hydroelectric power. [64] Although the area is only about 11% of the surface area of Europe, the Alps provide up to 90% of water to lowland Europe, particularly to arid areas and during the summer months. Cities such as Milan depend on 80% of water from Alpine runoff.
2005: Case made its 500,000th backhoe loader and in 2010 made its 250,000th skid steer loader. [8] [3] 2016: Case released the new G-Series wheel loader lineup consisting of seven new models from 521G thru 1121G. [9] 2017: In its 175th year in business, Case announced its facility in Wichita produced its 300,000th skid-steer loader. [10]
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The majority of Europe's glaciers are found in the Alps, Caucasus and the Scandinavian Mountains (mostly Norway) as well as in Iceland. Iceland has the largest glacier in Europe, Vatnajökull Glacier, that covers between 8,100 and 8,300 km 2 in area and 3,100 km 3 in volume. Norway alone has more than 2500 glaciers (including very small ones ...
Latavion Lewis was arrested after a post office in Bonifay, Florida, received several reports of FedEx packages littering the roadside and wooded area during the busiest delivery season of the year.