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	Alps - LoveToKnow 1911
		Dauphine Alps (from the Col du Galibier, westwards and southwards).
		The Alps of Bavaria, the Vorarlberg and Salzburg (north of the Arlberg Pass, Innsbruck, the Pinzgau, and the Enns valley).
		Chief Peaks of the Alps of Bavaria, the Vorarlberg and Salzburg.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Alps (13116 words)

	Alps - MSN Encarta
		The valleys of the Alps are areas of year-round settlement; the flatter upland tracts comprise pastures and seasonally inhabited settlements, and the zone above the timberline serves as pasture and for recreation.
		Among the principal ranges are the Maritime, Ligurian, Cottian, and Alpes Grées in France and Italy and the Bernese, Glarus, and Pennine (or Valais) Alps in Switzerland.
		Well-known mountain chains of the Eastern Alps are the Bavarian Alps, Allgäu Alps, Hohe Tauern, and Niedere Tauern in the north and the Dolomite and Carnic Alps in the south.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761562121/Alps.html (925 words)

	Encyclopedia: Principal passes of the Alps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The chief peaks of the Cottian Alps, from the Col de lArgentiere to the Mont Cenis and westwards to the Col du Galibier, are: The chief passes of the Cottian Alps, from the Col de lArgentiere to the Mont Cenis and westwards to the Col du Galibier, are...
		Chief peaks and mountain passes in the Swiss Alps: Regions Bernese Oberland with chief peaks and moutain passes from Lake Geneva to the Furka, the Reuss Valley and Lake Lucerne; Lepontine Alps from the Simplon to the Splugen and south of the Furka and Oberalp Passes; from the St Gotthard...
		The chief peaks of the Ortler Alps, Ötztal Alps, and Stubai Alps Ranges of the Alps, from the Reschen Scheideck and the Stelvio to the Brenner Pass, south of the Inn Valley, and north of the Tonale Pass, are: Passes The chief passes of the Ortler, Oetzthal, and Stubai Ranges...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Principal-passes-of-the-Alps (3311 words)

	Alps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The border between the Central Eastern Alps and the Southern Limestone Alps is the Periadriatic Seam.
		The Northern Limestone Alps are separated from the Central Eastern Alps by the Grauwacken Zone.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peaks_and_passes_of_the_Alps (1250 words)

	ALPS - Online Information article about ALPS
		Alp (or Alm in the Eastern Alps) is exclusively applied to the high mountain pastures (see ALP), and not to the peaks and ridges of the chain.
		peak of Mont Blanc (15,782 ft.), the loftiest in the Alps.
		Brenner Pass along the snowy crest of the Oetzthal and Stubai Alps, the loftiest point on it being the Weisskugel (12,291 ft., Oetzthal), for the highest summits both of the Oetzthal and of the Stubai districts, the Wildspitze (12,382 ft.) and the Zuckerhutl (11,520 ft.) stand a little to the north.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /ALM_ANC/ALPS.html (7206 words)

	Mountain pass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Passes may be very short, consisting of steep slopes to the top of the pass, or valleys of many kilometers, whose highest point is only identifiable by surveying.
		There are thousands of named passes around the world; some, such as the Great St Bernard Pass in the Alps, and the Khyber Pass between Afghanistan and Pakistan are familar names.
		Principal passes of the Alps, Peaks and passes of the Alps
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/m/mo/mountain_pass.html (301 words)

	Principal passes of the Alps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Though the Alps form a barrier they have never formed an impassable barrier, since, from the earliest days onwards, they have been traversed first, perhaps, for purposes of war or commerce, and later by pilgrim s, student s and tourist s.
		Hence the oldest name for such passes is Mont (still retained in cases of the Mont Cenis and the Monte Moro), for it was many ages before this term was especially applied to the peaks of the Alps, which with a few very rare exceptions (e.g.
		In fact the central portion of the Alps was by far the least Romanised and least known till the early middle ages.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Principal_passes_of_the_Alps.html (1170 words)

	Alps. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Geologically, the Alps were formed during the Oligocene and Miocene epochs as a result of the pressure exerted on the Tethyan geosyncline as its Mesozoic and Cenozoic strata were squeezed against the stable Eurasian landmass by the northward-moving African landmass.
		The principal peaks of the Central Alps are Monte Rosa, the Matterhorn, the Finsteraarhorn, the Jungfrau, and the Wildspitze; the chief routes are the Simplon Tunnel and the St. Gotthard, Grimsel, Furka, Splügen, Bernina, and Brenner passes.
		The E Alps comprise, in the south, the Dolomites, the Carnic Alps, and the Julian Alps; and, in the north, the Hohe Tauern and Niedere Tauern; the principal eastern peak is Grossglockner.
	www.bartleby.com /65/al/Alps.html (671 words)

	Alps - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Alps is the collective 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 highest mountain in the Alps is Mont Blanc at 4810 meters on the French-Italian border.
		The border between the Central Eastern Alps and the Southern Limestone Alps is the so-called Periadriatic Seam.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Alps (641 words)

	Mountain pass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In a range of hills, or especially of mountains, a pass (also gap, notch, col, saddle, bwlch or bealach) is a lower point that allows easier access through the range.
		Topographically, a pass has the general form of a saddle between two mountains (the elevation as a function of two position coordinates is mathematically a saddle point).
		For passes with roads, it is also customary to have a small roadside sign giving the name of the pass and its elevation above mean sea level.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mountain_pass (352 words)

	Swiss Alps Skiing
		This region is bordered by: Lake Lucerne in the south-west; the Klausen Pass, upper Linth valley and Lake Walen in the south; the Rhine valley in the east; Lake Constance in the north.
		The border between the Central Eastern Alps and the Southern Limestone Alps is the so-called Periadriatic Seam.
		The Northern Limestone Alps are separated from the Central Eastern Alps by the Grauwacken Zone.
	www.breadlike.com /pages7/85/swiss-alps-skiing.html (696 words)

	Fredohebshalom.org Fred Ohebshalom Fred Shalom Hannibal at the Alps
		The Alps lie between France and Italy, and the great valleys and the ranges of mountain land lie in such a direction that they must be crossed in order to pass from one country to the other.
		And yet, notwithstanding the awful desolation which reigns in the upper regions of the Alps, the lower valleys, through which the streams finally meander out into the open plains, and by which the traveler gains access to the sublime scenes of the upper mountains, are inexpressibly verdant and beautiful.
		The mountaineers, therefore, knowing that it was not necessary to guard the pass at night,-its own terrible danger being then a sufficient protection, were accustomed to disperse in the evening, and descend to regions where they could find shelter and repose, and to return and renew their watch in the morning.
	www.fredohebshalom.org /Hannibal_at_the_Alps.htm (3949 words)

	ALPS - LoveToKnow Article on ALPS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Lepontine Alps (from the Simplon to the Spliigen and south Col de Balme (Chamonix to the Trient Valley), bridle path.
		Col de Checouri (Courmayeur to the Lac de Combal), bridle Chief Peaks of the Lepontine Alps.
		Lecki Pass (Wyttenwasser Glen to the Mutten Glen), snow 9,554 Passo Rotondo (Airolo to Oberwald), snow.
	2.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AL/ALPS.htm (1312 words)

	Encyclopedia: Peaks and passes of the Alps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Western Alps are located west of the line between Lake Constance along the Rhine to Lake Como.
		The border between the Central Alps and the Southern Limestone Alps is the so-called Periadriatic Seam.
		The Northern Limestone Alps are separated from the Central Alps by the Grauwacken Zone.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Peaks-and-passes-of-the-Alps (669 words)

	Alps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The highest mountain in the Alps is the Mont Blanc at 4808 meters on the French-Italian border.
		The Alps of Bavaria, the Vorarlberg, and Salzburg - Tirolean Alps - Ortler, Oetzthal and Stubai Ranges - Lombard Alps - Dolomites - South-Eastern Alps
		The Alps are a range of mountains located within the Moon's Mare Imbrium, formed in the impact that created the Imbrium Basin.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/a/al/alps.html (179 words)

	Peaks and passes of the Alps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Alps form a great mountain range, consisting of a main chain, with ramifications, and of several parallel minor chains.
		But for the sake of practical convenience it has long been usual to select certain of the best marked of these passes to serve as limits within the range, whether to distinguish several great divisions from each other, or to further break up each of these great divisions into smaller groups.
		Our selected divisions relate only to the High Alps between the Col de Tenda and the route over the Radstadter Tauern, while in each of the 18 subdivisions the less elevated outlying peaks are regarded as appendages of the higher group within the topographical limits of which they rise.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Peaks_and_passes_of_the_Alps (264 words)

	Alps -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The mountains are bounded by the Lepontine Alps and Splügen Pass (west-southwest), the Hinterrhein River (west), the Lechtaler Alps (northeast), the Ötztal Alps and Resia Pass (east-northeast), and the Valtellina (valley of...
		The Alps extend from France on the west to Germany and Austria on the north and east and into Italy on the south.
		A notable peak is the Dufourspitze of Monte Rosa, a mountain with...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9106056 (889 words)

	Peaks and passes of the Alps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
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		Lanslots, JP Photos of 8,000 meter peaks and from a mountaineering course in the Alps.
		BEG: Peaks Island Overview of the former Peaks Island Military Reservation, with photos and historical information.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Peaks_and_passes_of_the_Alps.html (529 words)

	Alps - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Eastern Alps are the part of the Alps east of the line between Lake Constance along the Rhine to Lake Como.
		They are lower and less rough than the Western Alps, with lower passes.
		Switzerland; highest peak: Piz Bernina - (Bernina Alps).
	open-encyclopedia.com /Alp (590 words)

	Southern French Alps
		The brooding, icy alps and snowfields of the French Alps, shown a few panels further down, bear little resemblence to the bright, cheerful grey/silver of the Austrian alps, shown here.
		It will soon pass and the washed spring air is so blue, and the contrast with the glaciers so glistening white, that you will probably have to squint.
		Do not miss this area in the alps for cycling, because this little visited region not only will cut your eye teeth for the bigger mountains further north, but will allow you to be snooty about just how much about the Alps you actually know.
	www.cyclingscholar.com /alps.html (1592 words)

	Through the Alps by Rail
		The highest peaks in the Alps are along the border between France, Italy, and Switzerland; the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc are about 15,000 feet high.
		Another famous adventure across the Alps was in 1077 when the Emperor Henry IV allegedly stood barefoot in the snow in penitence outside of Pope Gregory VII’s fortress at Canossa, Italy, after being excommunicated.
		After Brenner Pass, the Italian side of the Alps gradually shifted from heavily wooded steep slopes and jagged peaks to lower worn mountains towering over vineyards and towns of tightly packed red-roofed buildings illuminated by bright sunshine.
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	Drive-Cycle-Hiking Through The Alps: Summer Tour ~ by Jorg Unger
		We rode along grain fields and vineyards, passed high-technology factories, banks, and modern business buildings, and rode on the levee of the river Rhine until Balzers, a small and picturesque village in the most southern corner of this modern principality.
		From the pass of Stilfser Joch, the road winds with 48 bends from an altitude of 9,045 feet down to 3,020 feet into the valley of the river Etsch.
		He gave this land to the Austrian Alps Association on the condition that the plot was to be preserved as a national park forever.
	www.escapeartist.com /efam/76/Touring_The_Alps.html (1966 words)

	Swiss Alps,Swiss Alps Switzerland,Swiss Alps Tours,Alps Mountain Switzerland tour, Swiss Alps in Switzerland
		In fact, the Alps are not only a great boost to switzerland's tourism but also a significant environmental feature that plays an important role in determining the climate and lifestyle of switzerland.
		The Swiss Alps are also the source of the snow fed rivers called Rhine and Rhone that flow all across Europe.
		You must note that the Swiss Alps are higher than the Jura mountain range of switzerland that is located at the French border, north of the Alps.
	www.tsiholidays.com /switzerland/swiss-alps.html (337 words)

	Swiss Alps Bicycle Tour - General Info - Erickson Cycle Tours European Travel Packages Bicycling Tours
		It has been said that Switzerland’s primary natural resource is the powerful attraction of her stunning landscape, the largest portion of which is the Alps.
		Whether these dreams conjure up scenes of majestic peaks, fields of nodding wildflowers, tidy flower-decked chalets, polished townscapes, the carillon of cowbells, or shelves of brightly-wrapped chocolates, Switzerland will never fail to exhilarate.
		This is not a tour to challenge Switzerland’s extreme terrain, but it will be a challenge to one’s senses and emotions to fully absorb the beauty and grandness of her scenery, the warm hospitality of her citizens, and...
	www.ecycletours.com /content2002/06-swiss_alps.htm (392 words)

	List of mountain passes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		See also: Principal passes of the Alps, List of mountain passes in Switzerland.
		Fremont Pass (California), separating the San Gabriel Mountains from the Santa Susana Mountains
		Trail Ridge Road includes Milner Pass (10,120 ft/3,085 m), but elsewhere attains an elevation of 12,183 ft (3,713 m), making it the highest paved road in the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_mountain_passes (136 words)

	Alps Ski Touring Programs
		The fame and epic reputation of ski tours in the Alps, are well deserved.
		The peaks and passes between these glaciers, and the numerous huts offer incredible options for ski touring and peak ascents (and descents!).
		Hut comfort and amenities- While we love all the huts and peak of the Western Alps, it is the huts of eastern Italy and Austria that have the corner on comfort.
	www.cosleyhouston.com /alps-ski-programs.htm (1068 words)

	Swiss Alps - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Swiss Alps are the central portion of the Alps mountain range that lies within Switzerland.
		from the Simplon to the Splügen and south of the Furka and Oberalp Passes; from the St Gotthard Pass to the Splugen, is sometimes named the Adula Alps;
		from the Splügen Pass to the Flüela Pass, north and west of the Val Bregaglia and of the Engadine;
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Swiss_Alps (156 words)

	The Alps; hiking vacations in the Swiss, French, and Italian Alps.
		With more than 22,000 miles of well-kept trails, the Alps are known as a paradise among mountain-loving hikers and trekkers.
		A hiking vacation in the Alps is a true Mountain Travel Sobek classic, and we'd like to invite you along for an adventure in Europe's most famous playground.
		This circuit of Western Europe's highest peak, Mont Blanc (15,771') is one of the world's greatest treks.
	www.mtsobek.com /features/Alps (311 words)

	Alps Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		* Switzerland; highest peak: Piz Bernina - (Bernina Alps).
		Many writers take the growth of cerealgrain as the characteristic of the mountain region; but so many varieties of all the common species are in cultivation, and these have such different climatal requirements, that they do not afford a factory criterion.
		The '''Southern Alps''' is a mountain range which runs along the western side of the South Island of New Zealand.
	www.echostatic.com /Alps.html (609 words)

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