Geography of the Alps

The solid mass of the the Alps is a mountainous unit which extends on more than one thousand of kilometers, Col of Cadibone, in Italy, with Vienna, in Austria. It is divided by seven countries, the Italy, the France, the Suisse, the Austria, the Liechtenstein, the Germany and the Slovenia. With many tops of more than 4000m, collars very few and rigorous winters, these mountains constituted - and constitute still - an important natural barrier. But this assembly line is populated and the most industrialized world, thanks to its geographical position in the middle of Europe of the Industrial revolution.

Solid masses from one end to another of the chain

They are gathered by great mountainous units, while starting with Ligurie, in the Western Alps, and by enumerating them by order of appearance while following the watersheds or the highest peaks.

General delimitations

The alpine chain is prolonged in south-east by the the Apennines, in Italy. The traditional limit between the two solid masses is located at the Col of Cadibone (435  m), in Ligurie. The Alps can be subdivided in three distinct entities: the Western Alps, of the the Mediterranean to the Massive of Mont Blanc, the Alps central, of the Massive of Mont Blanc to the Collar of Brenner, and the Alps Eastern, of the collar of Brenner in Vienna.

Structure

See also: Geology of the Alps

The Alps belong to the alpine chains perished-téthysiennes, formed during the Mesozoic and the Cénozoïque, which extend from the the Maghreb (for example the High Moroccan Atlas) to the the Far East (the Himalayas). The Alps themselves extend on a thousand from kilometers, between Genoa and Vienna, with a width ranging between 100 and 400 km.

One can subdivide them on geographical, geological and topological criteria, in three distinct parts: the Western Alps, which form an arc between the Mediterranean and the Valais, the central Alps, between Were worth and the Grisons (Eastern Suisse), and the Alps Eastern (Austria) and Southerners (Slovenia), who ensellent themselves in the Plaine of Pannonia in the west of the Carpates.

The Western Alps

North in the south:

  • Préalpes of Savoy (Teeth of the South, 3257 m)
    • Massive of Massive Chablais
    • of Haut-Giffre
    • Red Needles
    • Massive of the Terminals
    • Chain of Massive Aravis
    • Massive of the Wallows
    • of Chartreuse
  • the grées Alps (Mont Blanc, 4808 m)
    • Massive of Massive Mont Blanc
    • of Beaufortain
    • the grées Alps (restricted direction)
    • Massive of Massive Lauzière
    • of Vanoise
    • Massive of the Great Paradise
  • the Alps of Dauphine the (Bar of the Jewel cases, 4103 m)
  • the Alps cottiennes (Mount Viso, 3841 m)
    • Massive of the Massive Mount-Cenis
    • Massive of the Rings
    • of Queyras/the Alps cottiennes (restricted direction)
    • Massive of Ubaye/Orrenaye
  • Préalpes of Dauphine (Large Head of Obiou, 2790 m)
    • Massive of Massive Vercors
    • of Massive Diois
    • of Dévoluy
    • Massive Bochaine
    • of Baronnies
    • Mounts of Vaucluse
  • the Alps of Provence (Head of Estrop, 2961 m)
  • the maritime Alps (Cime of Will silver plate, 3297 m)
    • Massif of Mercantour/ Will silver plate
    • Massif of Pelat
    • Préalpes de Grasse
    • Préalpes of Nice
  • the ligure Alps (Marguareis, 2651 m)
  • Préalpes of Provence (Joug of the Eagle, 1147 m)
    • Massif of Luberon
    • Alpilles
    • Montagne Holy-Victoire
    • Massif of the Holy-Balsam
    • Massif of the Star
    • Massif of Garlaban

The central Alps

The Eastern Alps

See also: Préalpes Eastern septentrional

See also: the central Eastern Alps

See also: Préalpes Eastern Southerners

Principal tops

The the Alps include/understand 82 major tops and 46 minor tops of more than 4000 Mr. See the 4000 of the Alps

They give their culminating points to all the countries where them territory extends:

The Mont Blanc is also the culminating point of the European Union.

The road collars

Higher roads

Areas of the Alps

alpine Departments in France

(of north in the south, with indication of the culminating points)

alpine Cantons in Swiss

(of west in is, with indication of the culminating points)
  • Vaud (quarter is, Diablerets, 3210 m)
  • Freiburg (south-eastern, Vanil Noir, 2389 m)
  • Valais (Pointe Dufour, 4634 m)
  • Bern (south-eastern, Finsteraarhorn, 4274 m)
  • Lucerne (southern, Brienzer Rothorn, 2350 m)
  • Obwald (Titlis, 3238 m)
  • Nidwald (Rotstöckli, 2901 m)
  • Uri (Dammastock, 3630 m)
  • Tessin (Adulated, 3402 m)
  • Schwytz (Bös Fulen, 2802 m)
  • Glaris (Tödi, 3614 m)
  • Grisons (Piz Bernina, 4049 m)
  • Saint-Gall (southern, RingelSpitz, 3247 m)
  • Appenzell Rhodos-External (Säntis, 2502 m)
  • Appenzell Rhodos-Interior (Säntis, 2502 m)

alpine Areas in Italy

(of west in is, with indication of the culminating points)

alpine Lands in Austria

Länder alpine of Germany

Principal alpine area in Slovenia

See too

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