One of the most beautiful alpine landscapes in Europe

One of the most beautiful alpine landscapes in Europe

The Alps are one of the mountain ranges in the world, famous for its beautiful landscape fascinates tourists flock from all over the place to see such scenery, Alpine is located on the continent of Europe and stretches for about 1200 km on arc shape and covering the Alps approximately 11% of the area of the continent of Europe, and with the Alps into eight European countries are Austria, Slovenia in the East and anniversary, Liechtenstein, Germany, France and Italy in the West, and Monaco in the South.

One of the most beautiful alpine landscapes in Europe

Photo of the Alps

Since the Alps formed about 30 million years, and there are a range of peaks, the highest peaks in the world such as Mont Blanc wematrhorn, Mont Blanc Summit via the Italian and French border high atop Mont Blanc 4810 metres to about is the highest peak in the Alps.

Alpine historical significance since Roman times with Alpine natural barrier to human migration and the movement of the army and trade during the Crusades many Crusaders died from starvation and cold because those mountains.

One of the most beautiful alpine landscapes in Europe

Photo of the Alps

The Alps have a large effect on the climate in Europe, where Alpine book cold winds that blow from the North and reduce the level of humidity and the Southern Alps is warmer and more stable weather, and Alpine peaks are all covered with ice all the time and the large glaciers in the Alps, as there are more than 13,000 species of plants grow over the Alps and there are about 30 thousand species of wild animals headed by animal Caribou and many of those animals are considered indigenous to the Alps.

He had been found dead people mummified the Alps in the Austrian border in 1991, scientists estimated the age of those body by about 5000 years, and currently lives in the Alps almost 14 million people in the region in addition to the 120 million tourists annually come from all over the world to visit those towering mountains and enjoy the spectacular scenery found in those mountains.

One of the most beautiful alpine landscapes in Europe

Photo of the Alps

The number of peaks recorded in official Alpine up to 82 and highest summit is the Summit of Mont Blanc, which rises to 4810 metres, located on the French-Italian border and the Alps is a source of many minerals such as copper, gold and iron, said Liao Dajia, quartz and Amethyst.

Alps provides abundant drinking water in those areas where the water is about 90% of the volume of water used in Europe and used in irrigation water to agricultural areas plus hydro that feeds about 500 electric power plant can produce approximately 2900 kWh of electricity, as well as the major European rivers such as the Rhine and Rhône Alps original source. at.

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