The Alpine Line (French: Ligne Alpine) or Little Maginot Line (French: Petite Ligne Maginot) was the component of the Maginot Line that defended the southeastern...
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defensive line faced France, Switzerland, Austria, and Yugoslavia. It was defended by the "Guardia alla Frontiera" (GaF), Italian special troops. The Alpine line...
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Alpine climate is the typical climate for elevations above the tree line, where trees fail to grow due to cold. This climate is also referred to as a mountain...
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(1984–1991) Mini Alpine (1970) Alpine M63 Alpine M64 Alpine M65 Alpine A210, Group 6 Alpine A220 Alpine A360, Formula Three Alpine A364 Alpine A367, Formula...
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The climate above the tree line of mountains is called an alpine climate,: 21 and the habitat can be described as the alpine zone. Treelines on north-facing...
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too cold and windy to support tree growth. Alpine tundra transitions to sub-alpine forests below the tree line; stunted forests occurring at the forest-tundra...
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Line Czechoslovak border fortifications K-W Line – a contemporary defence line in Belgium List of Alpine Line ouvrages (works) List of Maginot Line ouvrages...
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New Rockies Alpine Line - Gripped Magazine". Gripped Magazine. 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2018-05-31. "Life Compass is Big New Rockies Alpine Line - Gripped...
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Alpine Linux is a Linux distribution designed to be small, simple, and secure. It uses musl, BusyBox, and OpenRC instead of the more commonly used glibc...
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The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route (立山黒部アルペンルート, Tateyama Kurobe Arupen Rūto) is a mountain sightseeing route between Tateyama, Toyama and Ōmachi, Nagano...
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Alpine is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, approximately 15 miles (24 km) north of Midtown Manhattan. It is the easternmost...
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Alpine F1 Team, currently racing as BWT Alpine F1 Team for sponsorship reasons, is the name under which the Enstone-based Formula One team has been competing...
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The Sunbeam Alpine is a two-seater sports roadster/drophead coupé that was produced by the Rootes Group from 1953 to 1955, and then 1959 to 1968. The name...
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Alpine plants are plants that grow in an alpine climate, which occurs at high elevation and above the tree line. There are many different plant species...
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The Alpine Academy – formerly known as the RF1 Driver Programme, Renault Driver Development and Renault Sport Academy – is a driver development programme...
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Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing (cross-country...
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The Alpine A524 is a Formula One racing car designed and developed by the Alpine F1 Team competing in the 2024 Formula One World Championship. It is the...
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Alps (redirect from Alpine nations)
across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia. The Alpine arch extends...
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ice cap climate rather than the Alpine climate eponymous of the Alpine region at 1,800-2,500 m, above the tree-line but still amenable to transhumance...
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by tunnels. For a list of the ouvrages of the Alpine Line, or Little Maginot Line, see List of Alpine Line ouvrages. La Ligne Maginot {fr} La Ligne Maginot...
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This is the list of all ouvrages of the Alpine Line or Little Maginot Line along the Franco-Italian border, organized by sector and type of fortification...
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are various ancient blockhouses, remnants of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The Ouvrage Col de Restefond consisted of three infantry...
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The Alpine Rhine Valley (‹See Tfd›German: Alpenrheintal) is a glacial alpine valley, formed by the Alpine Rhine (‹See Tfd›German: Alpenrhein [ˈalpm̩ʁaɪn]...
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Italian invasion of France (section Alpine Army Corps)
the Alpine front since France and Italy had defensive strategies. There was some skirmishing between patrols and the French forts of the Ligne Alpine exchanged...
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Alpine Tunnel is a 1,772 ft (540 m) narrow gauge railroad tunnel located east of Pitkin, Colorado, on the former Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad...
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The Alpine chough pairs for life and displays fidelity to its breeding site, which is usually a cave or crevice in a cliff face. It builds a lined stick...
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by Nice Air Base, itself built on the former Ouvrage Mont Agel of the Alpine Line fortifications. On 18 June 2011, a light aircraft crashed onto Mont Agel...
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Oscar Piastri (section Renault/Alpine (2020–2022))
of the Alpine Academy from 2020 to 2021, Piastri signed with McLaren in 2023 to partner Lando Norris, following a contract dispute with Alpine. He made...
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Alpine (/ˈælpaɪn/ AL-pyne) is a city in and the county seat of Brewster County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,035 at the 2020 census. The...
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internal line was a 16 km line opened from Zürich to Baden in 1847. By 1860 railways connected western and northeastern Switzerland. The first Alpine railway...
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