The Alps are 680 miles long and range in width between 80 and 140 miles. They cover about 800,000 square miles. Pfander, in Austria, is the smallest of these mountains at only 3491 feet.
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The Alps are 680 miles long and range in width between 80 and 140 miles. They cover about 800,000 square miles. Pfander, in Austria, is the smallest of these mountains at only 3491 feet.
i am unsure but i think it was King Henry 8th but the first person that put it on a map was king Louis the 16th i think
They were formed when the African Plate and the Eurasian plate collided. The crust buckeld and thickend creating the mountains. They were formed when the African Plate and the Eurasian plate collided. The crust buckeld and thickend creating the mountains.
there are 180 Mountains in the Alps! :)
The Alps are the mountains that would have to be crossed.
There are about 180 mountains in the alps.
There are lots of mountains in Italy. Some mountains are the Apennine Mountains, Julian Alps, and the Vicentine Alps.
the Alps, Carpathian mountains, Pyrenees, Apennine mountains, Dinaric alps and the mountains in Norway
the Alps mountains and the Apennine mountains.
The Alps are in Europe.
the alps are in europe
Switzerlands mountains are the Alps.
they are the alps mountains.
* Eastern Alps ** Central Eastern Alps (Austria, Switzerland, and Italy) *** Bergamo Alps *** Hohe Tauern **** Ankogel Group **** Defereggen Mountains **** Glockner Group **** Goldberg Group **** Granatspitz Group **** Hafner Group **** Kreuzeck Group **** Rieserferner Group **** Schober Group **** Venediger Group *** Kitzbühel Alps *** Niedere Tauern *** Ötztal Alps *** Rhaetian Alps **** Albula Range **** Bernina Range **** Bregaglia Range **** Livigno Range **** Oberhalbstein Range **** Plessur Range **** Samnaun Alps **** Sesvenna Range **** Silvretta *** Stubai Alps *** Tux Alps *** Verwall Alps *** Zillertal Alps ** Northern Limestone Alps (Austria and Germany) *** Allgäu Alps *** Berchtesgaden Alps *** Dachstein *** Ennstaler Alpen *** Karwendel *** Lechtal Alps *** Rätikon *** Totes Gebirge *** Wetterstein *** Wilden Kaiser ** Southern Limestone Alps (Austria, Italy, and Slovenia) *** Adamello-Presanella *** Brenta Group *** Carnic Alps *** Dolomites *** Julian Alps *** Kamnik Alps *** Karawanken *** Ortler Alps * Western Alps (France, Switzerland, and Italy) ** Bernese Alps ** Cottian Alps ** Dauphiné Alps ** Glarus Alps ** Graian Alps *** Vanoise *** Gran Paradiso ** Lepontine Alps ** Ligurian Alps ** Maritime Alps ** Mont Blanc Group ** North-Eastern Swiss Alps ** Pennine Alps ** Savoie Alps ** Urner Alps * Apennines, Italy * Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria and Serbia * Black Forest, Germany * Black Mountains, Wales * Brecon Beacons, Wales * Cairngorms, Scotland * Cantabrian Mountains, Spain * Picos de Europa * Basque mountains * Carpathian Mountains, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania * Tatra Mountains * Beskidy Mountains * Bieszczady Mountains * Transylvanian Alps * Caucasus (Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan) * Dentelles de Montmirail, France * Dinaric Alps (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania) * Grampian mountains - Scotland * Ben Nevis * Harz, Germany * Jura mountains, Switzerland * Karelides, Finland (ancient) * Măcin Mountains, Romania * Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge), Germany and Czech Republic * Pennines, England * Pindus Mountains, Greece * Pirin, Bulgaria * Pyrenees, France and Spain * Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria and Greece * Rila, Bulgaria * Rhön Mountains, Germany * Scandinavian Mountains, Norway and Sweden * Jotunheimen * Lyngen Alps * Rondane * Saltfjellet * Trollheimen * Sierra Morena, Spain * Sistema Bético, Spain * Sistema Central, Spain * Sierra de Guadarrama * Sistema Ibérico, Spain * Sistema Penibético, Spain * Snowdonia, Wales * Svecofennides, Finland and Sweden (ancient) * Sudetes (Czech Republic, Germany, and Poland) * Table Mountains * Karkonosze * Jizera Mountains * Orlicke Mountains * Golden Mountains * Bardzkie Mountains * Rudawy Janowickie * Stone Mountains * Kaczawskie Mountains * Opawskie Mountains * Bystrzyckie Mountains * Owl Mountains * Šumava (Bavarian Forest, Bohemian forest), Czech Republic and Germany * Swabian Alb, Germany * Tatras, Slovakia and Poland * Ural Mountains, Russia * Vogelsberg Mountains, Germany * Vosges mountains, France * Wicklow Mountains, Ireland
They are mountains, except the 'Southern Alps' are actually a mountain range (numerous mountains together in one place).