The WesternTauernAlps (German: Westliche Tauernalpen, Italian: Alpi dei Tauri occidentali) are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps. The range...
The Bavarian Alps (German: Bayerische Alpen) is a collective name for several mountain ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps within the German state of...
The Lower Tauern or Niedere Tauern (Slovene: Nizke Ture) are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps, in the Austrian states of Salzburg and Styria...
mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps. It may be considered either a separate range or part of the larger High Tauern chain. Administratively, the range...
(eastern slopes) and the French department of Alpes-Maritimes (western slopes). The Maritime Alps are drained by the rivers Roya, Var and Verdon and their tributaries...
glaciation, the Eastern Alps were drier than the WesternAlps, with the contiguous ice shield ending in the region of the Niedere Tauern in Austria. This allowed...
just the Northern Swiss part of the Pennine Alps), are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in Italy (the Aosta Valley...
Western Limestone Alps, not the Central Eastern Alps as the Alpine Club defines them. In Austria, the Eastern Alps are divided into the Northern Alps...
The Graian Alps (French: Alpes grées [alp ɡʁe]; Italian: Alpi Graie [ˈalpi ˈɡraːje]) are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. The name Graie...
The Cottian Alps (/ˈkɒtiən ˈælps/; French: Alpes Cottiennes [alp kɔtjɛn]; Italian: Alpi Cozie [ˈalpi ˈkɔttsje]) are a mountain range in the southwestern...
the Alps), the Penninic system: mainly Central Alps (Engadine and "Tauern window") and Flysch Alps, the Austroalpine system: Northern Limestone Alps, Graywacke-Schist...
Limestone Alps. They are located in Austria and Italy. The range is bound by the Drau River in the north, separating it from the WesternTauern section...
Rieserferner Group to the Dolomites, and Julian Alps. The main alpine divide head east, traversing the High Tauern range, crossing the Grossvenediger (3,666...
The Glarus Alps (German: Glarner Alpen) are a mountain range in central Switzerland. They are bordered by the Uri Alps and the Schwyz Alps to the west...
The Western Rhaetian Alps (Italian: Alpi Retiche occidentali, German: Westliche Rätische Alpen) are a mountain range in the central part of the Alps. Administratively...
Ligurian Alps are a mountain range in northwestern Italy. A small part is located in France. They form the south-western extremity of the Alps, separated...
Lepontine Alps (German: Lepontinische Alpen, French: Alpes lépontines, Italian: Alpi Lepontine) are a mountain range in the north-western part of the Alps. They...
The Tauern Railway Tunnel (German: Tauerntunnel) in Austria is the longest tunnel of the Tauern Railway crossing the main chain of the Alps. Currently...
forming Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn, and high peaks in the Pennine Alps and Hohe Tauern (Stampfli & Borel 2004). Subsequently, the formation of the Mediterranean...
The Provence Alps and Prealps (Alpes et Préalpes de Provence in French) are a mountain range in the south-western part of the Alps, located in Provence-Alpes-Côte...
the Alps make classification of the mountains and subregions difficult, but a general classification is that of the Eastern Alps and WesternAlps with...
the easternmost mountain group of the High Tauern and lies on the main chain of the Alps. The Lower Tauern begin further east. The range gets its name...
ophiolites that occur at the Hohe Tauern window must be correlated with the Piemont-Liguria terrane of the westernAlps, because trench deposits such as...
on the Tyrolean–Italian border and the High Tauern in East Tyrol and Carinthia. The Northern Calcareous Alps, which run from Vorarlberg through Tyrol into...
of the Alps have been inhabited since prehistoric times. The Alpine culture, which developed there, centers on transhumance. Currently the Alps are divided...
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