Alps in a sentence

They are bordered by the Uri Alps and the Schwyz Alps to the west, the Lepontine Alps to the south, the Appenzell Alps to the northeast.

The Austrian Alps which cover the majority (62%) of Austria's land mass, consists of most of the Eastern Alps together with the northern edge of the Southern Alps in the west and south of the country.

The Bernese Alps, Pennine Alps and Mont Blanc Massif contain most of the glaciated areas in the Alps.

Also known as the Jewel of the Swiss Alps, the most famous mountain in Europe is best described as a single cragged rock tooth that looms breathtakingly over the Swiss Alps.

At that time, it did not yet carry discharge from the Alps ; instead, the watersheds of the Rhone and Danube drained the northern flanks of the Alps.

Geology main seeAlso Lauterbrunnen Valley in the Bernese Alps, a deep U-shaped valley that resulted from erosion by glaciers The composition of the great tectonic units reflects the history of the formation of the Alps.

If matters are examined more carefully, it can be noted that the Rhône and Rhine valleys are shut off from that of the Aar (and of the Thur) by the great northern outlier of the Alps, which consists of the Bernese and Glarus Alps.

Schmid, 99 High "massifs" with external sedimentary cover are more common in the Western Alps and were affected by Neogene Period thin-skinned thrusting whereas the Eastern Alps have comparatively few high peaked massifs.

The Alps affect the city's climate in other ways too: the warm downhill wind from the Alps ( föhn wind ), which can raise temperatures sharply within a few hours even in the winter is but one example.

The highest portion of the range is divided by the glacial trough of the Rhone valley, with the Pennine Alps from Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn and Monte Rosa on the southern side, and the Bernese Alps on the northern.

The Jura and foothills (both north and south of the Alps) typically have more precipitation, with an average of convert, while the high Alps may have over convert.

Two wide and undulating valleys (Aar and Thur) and two deeply cut trenches (Rhône and Rhine) thus lie on the northern slope of the Alps, to the north and south respectively of the great northern outlier of the Alps.

With a summit of convert, the Great St. Bernard Pass is one of the highest in the Alps, crossing the Italian-Swiss border east of the Pennine Alps along the flanks of Mont Blanc.

A bear has been captured in the Italian Alps not far from where it killed a 26-year-old jogger.

Alps models are expected to price at $28,000, while a second low-end brand called Firefly will price below that.

And also for the brands of ALPS, its R&D philosophy is different from that of NIO.

As bullets fly around a high-speed train carrying a former Miss World and a gang of spies through the Italian Alps, shopping is surely the last thing on viewers’ minds.

A summer heat wave in Germany as well unfavorable wind conditions, and no rain left the Rhine River – which begins in the Swiss Alps, runs through Germany, and empties into the North Sea – at record low water levels.

Before going to the Himalayas I will probably spend three or four days in the Alps doing some technical training and I’m considering going back to Aconcagua to get the height.

Covering about 78 square miles of the Dinaric Alps, Biokovo offers tantalizing glimpses of the sea as you make your way higher into the mountains.