The Southern Alps (Māori: Kā Tiritiri o te Moana; officially Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana) are a mountain range extending along much of the length...
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The Southern Limestone Alps (Italian: Alpi Sud-orientali, German: Südliche Kalkalpen), also called the Southern Calcareous Alps, are the ranges of the...
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The Southern Alps are a mountain range in New Zealand's South Island. Southern Alps may also refer to: Southern Alps (Europe), a geographically and geologically...
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The Southern Alps are a geological subdivision of Alps that are found south of the Periadriatic Seam, a major geological faultzone across the Alps. The...
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Akaishi Mountains (redirect from Japanese Southern Alps)
called the Southern Alps (南アルプス, Minami Arupusu), as it joins with the Hida Mountains ("Northern Alps") and the Kiso Mountains ("Central Alps") to form...
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The Japanese Alps (日本アルプス, Nihon Arupusu) is a series of mountain ranges in Japan which bisect the main island of Honshu. The peaks that tower over central...
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The Alps (/ælps/) are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately 1,200 km (750 mi) across eight Alpine countries...
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While the northern ranges from the Bernese Alps to the Appenzell Alps are entirely in Switzerland, the southern ranges from the Mont Blanc massif to the...
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Alps Juliis, German: Julische Alpen) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretch from northeastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise...
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Alps (Austria, Swiss), peaks up to 4050 m; Southern Limestone Alps, peaks up to 3500 m. The border between the Central Eastern Alps and the Southern Limestone...
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Northern Limestone Alps and the Southern Limestone Alps, from which they differ in geological composition. The term "Central Eastern Alps" may also be used...
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thence to the Southern Ocean) or into inland waters, such as Lake Eyre, which lie below sea level, or else evaporate rapidly. The Australian Alps consist of...
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The Kamnik–Savinja Alps (Slovene: Kamniško-Savinjske Alpe) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps. They lie in northern Slovenia, except...
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The Alps form part of a Cenozoic orogenic belt of mountain chains, called the Alpide belt, that stretches through southern Europe and Asia from the Atlantic...
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Limestone Alps according to the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps (from east to west): Limestone Alps Southern Limestone Alps Geography of...
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Look up Alps or alps in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Alps are a major European mountain range. Alps may also refer to: Bavarian Alps, in Germany...
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2014[update], is listed as 3,724 metres (12,218 feet). It sits in the Southern Alps, the mountain range that runs the length of the South Island. A popular...
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the boundary between the Pacific Plate and the Australian Plate. The Southern Alps have been uplifted on the fault over the last 12 million years in a...
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The Dinaric Alps (/dɪˈnærɪk/), also Dinarides, are a mountain range in Southern and Southcentral Europe, separating the continental Balkan Peninsula from...
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Alps (Italian: Alpi Carniche; German: Karnische Alpen; Slovene: Karnijske Alpe; Friulian: Alps Cjargnelis) are a range of the Southern Limestone Alps...
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The Gailtal Alps (German: Gailtaler Alpen or Drauzug), is a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps in Austria. It rises between the River Drava...
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Italian Boot, or Mainland Italy, is a peninsula extending from the southern Alps in the north to the central Mediterranean Sea in the south, which comprises...
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Southern Rhaetian Alps (Südliche Rätische Alpen in German, Alpi Retiche meridionali in Italian) are a mountain range in the southern part of the Alps...
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country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital...
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the presence of the Southern Alps, causing it to cool rapidly. The area to the east of the divide is in the rain shadow of the Alps; much of the moisture...
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in New Zealand is the portion of the South Island to the east of the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana, from the Waiau Uwha River in the north, to...
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Hida Mountains (redirect from Kita Alps)
half part seen from Mount Kurai Japanese Alps Kiso Mountains (Central Alps) Akaishi Mountains (Southern Alps) List of mountains in Japan 100 Famous Japanese...
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displaced the South as the most populous. The South Island is shaped by the Southern Alps, which run along the island from north to south. They include New Zealand's...
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direction from the Southern Alps across the Canterbury Plains to the Pacific Ocean. The river rises on the eastern flanks of the Southern Alps, eight kilometres...
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Kiso Mountains (redirect from Chūō-Alps)
the Central Alps (中央アルプス, Chūō Arupusu) and they combine with the Hida Mountains ("Northern Alps") and the Akaishi Mountains ("Southern Alps") to form a...
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