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The Alps provide lowland Europe with drinking water, irrigation, and hydroelectric power. [66] 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.
While smaller groups within the Alps may be easily defined by the passes on either side, defining larger units can be problematic. A traditional divide exists between the Western Alps and the Eastern Alps, which uses the Splügen Pass (Italian: Passo dello Spluga) on the Swiss-Italian border, together with the Rhine to the north and Lake Como in the south as the defining features.
Mount Elbrus, located in Russia, is the highest mountain in Europe. Some of Europe's major mountain ranges are: Alps, in Central Western Europe Western Alps; Eastern Alps; Southern Alps; Northern Alps; Apennines, which run through Italy; Baetic System, Spain, Iberian Peninsula; Musala, highest peak of the Balkans seen from Yastrebets. The ...
Western Alps. Map of the western Swiss Alps ... in the Alps are located within ... 1,704 meters is the highest in Europe. The crossing of the Alps is a key issue at ...
Pennine Alps Pic Tyndall: Italy, Switzerland 4241 m Pennine Alps Picco Muzio: Italy, Switzerland 4187 m Pennine Alps Entdeckungsfels (Roccia della Scoperta) Switzerland 4178 m Pennine Alps Balmenhorn: Italy 4167 m Pennine Alps Alphubel south top Switzerland 4166 m Pennine Alps Dent d'Hérens la Corne Switzerland 4148 m Pennine Alps Pointe Burnaby
The Alps form part of a Cenozoic orogenic belt of mountain chains, called the Alpide belt, that stretches through southern Europe and Asia from the Atlantic all the way to the Himalayas. This belt of mountain chains was formed during the Alpine orogeny. A gap in these mountain chains in central Europe separates the Alps from the Carpathians to
All such mountains are located in France, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany or Slovenia, even in some lower regions. Together, these lists include all 44 ultra-prominent peaks of the Alps , with 19 ultras over 3000m on this page.
The Saussurea Alpine Botanical Garden above Courmayeur is located at 2,173 m (7,129 ft) above sea level, and is the highest botanical garden in Europe. It contains around 800 plant species and covers an area of 7,000 square metres (75,000 sq ft).