Alps

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geographical region mountain mountain range

The Alps are a major European mountain range stretching across several countries, renowned for their high peaks, including Mont Blanc, and their importance for tourism, skiing, and alpine ecosystems.

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Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region → mountain → mountain range → mountain range → mountain range → mountain range →
biodiversity	high →
climate	alpine climate →
contains	Central Alps → Eastern Alps → Western Alps → alpine meadows → coniferous forests → permanent snowfields →
continent	Europe →
crossedBy	rail tunnels → road passes → road tunnels →
drainageTo	Adriatic Sea → Black Sea → Mediterranean Sea →
elevation	4808 m →
formedBy	collision of African Plate and Eurasian Plate →
geologicalPeriod	Cenozoic →
highestPoint	Mont Blanc →
knownFor	alpine ecosystems → glaciers → high mountain peaks → hiking → mountaineering → ski resorts → winter sports tourism →
length	about 1200 km →
locatedIn	Alps → Austria → France → Germany → Italy → Liechtenstein → Monaco → Slovenia → Switzerland →
majorEconomicActivity	hydropower generation → pastoralism → tourism →
orientation	west–east →
partOf	Alpine orogeny →
sourceOf	Danube tributaries → Po → Rhine → Rhône →

Referenced by (215)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aiguille du Midi ("French Alps") → Alpine Celtic culture → Alpine Celtic culture ("Western Alps") → Alpine Rhine → Arve River → Bardonecchia → Bernese Alps ("Swiss Alps") → Bionnassay Glacier ("French Alps") → Canazei → Canton of Le Mont-Blanc → Canton of Valais → Chamonix ("French Alps") → Chamonix → Col de Larche → Col de l’Échelle → Col du Mont Cenis → Davos ("Swiss Alps") → Dent du Géant → Duchy of Savoy → Dôme du Goûter ("French Alps") → French–Italian border → Fréjus Rail Tunnel → Fréjus Road Tunnel → Goûter Route → Graian Alps ("Western Alps") → Lepontii → Mer de Glace ("French Alps") → Mont Blanc → Mont Blanc → Mont Blanc Tunnel → Mont Blanc Tunnel → Mont Blanc du Tacul ("French Alps") → Mont Blanc massif → Mont Maudit → Mont-Blanc glacial system → Rhône Glacier ("Swiss Alps") → Savoy → Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol → Trois Monts Route → Valais → Vallée Blanche ski route → Wildhaus →	locatedIn
Alps foothills → Bavarian Alps → Bernese Alps → Cottian Alps → Cottian Alps ("Western Alps") → Dôme du Goûter → Geneva metropolitan area ("Alps region") → Glacier des Bossons ("French Alps") → Glacier des Bossons → Graian Alps → Julian Alps → Ligurian Alps → Macugnaga ("Italian Alps") → Maritime Alps → Maritime Alps ("Western Alps") → Mont Blanc massif ("Western Alps") → Mont Blanc massif ("French Alps") → Mont Blanc massif ("Italian Alps") → Mont Blanc massif ("Swiss Alps") → Monte Rosa → Pennine Alps → Salzburg ("Alps region") → Tyrolean Alps → Val Ferret ("Italian Alps") →	partOf
Aiguille du Midi → Austria → Bavaria → Bionnassay Glacier → Brévent-Flégère → Capanna Regina Margherita → Col de Larche → Col de l’Échelle → Col du Mont Cenis → Goûter Hut → Miage Glacier → Montgenèvre → Plan de l’Aiguille → Punta Helbronner → Rifugio Francesco Gonella → Savoie → Skyway Monte Bianco → Switzerland → Val Veny →	mountainRange
Aosta Valley → Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes → Central Europe → Friuli Venezia Giulia → Metropolitan France → Northeastern Italy → Piedmont → Romandie → Upper Austria → Vaud → Western Switzerland →	hasMountainRange
Ammersee → Chiemsee → Lake Bourget → Lausanne → Montreux → Rosenheim →	locatedNear
Gaul → German Central Uplands → Germania → Mediterranean Basin → ancient Italy →	borderedBy
Arrondissement of Bonneville → Berchtesgaden → Courmayeur → Haute-Savoie → Liechtenstein →	locatedInMountainRange
Bavarian Plateau → Bohemian Massif → Italian Lake District → Swiss Plateau ("Swiss Alps") →	borders
Alps ("Western Alps") → Eurasia → Lombardy → Northern Italy →	contains
Ariana Park → Lavaux vineyards → Punta Helbronner ("Italian Alps") → Punta Helbronner ("Swiss Alps") →	hasViewOf
Dufourspitze → Mont Blanc ("Mont Blanc massif") → Mont Maudit → Zumsteinspitze →	range
Das blaue Licht → Das blaue Licht ("Italian Alps") → Downhill → Manfred ("Swiss Alps") →	setting
Fier River → Isère River → Isère River ("French Alps") →	flowsThrough
Ain → Dora Riparia → Sion →	near
Arpitan ("Western Alps") → Ladin language → Mer de Glace →	region
Arpitan ("Alpine region") → Proto-Celtic ("Alpine region") → Raetic language →	spokenIn
Ligurians → Études sur les glaciers →	associatedWith
Alpes-Maritimes → Eastern France →	containsMountainRange
Cliffhanger ("Italian Alps") → Das blaue Licht ("Italian Alps") →	filmingLocation
Estavayer-le-Lac → Kalvarienberg (Bad Tölz) →	hasView
Durance River → Rhine →	locatedInRegion
Bavarian Plateau → Northern Renaissance →	locatedNorthOf
Italian Front (World War I) → Italian invasion of France →	location
Jura Mountains → Ligurian Alps ("Western Alps") →	mountainSystem
Basilica of Superga → Clarens, Switzerland →	overlooks
Carpathian Mountains → German Central Uplands →	separatedFrom
Geneva Airport ("Swiss Alps") → Geneva Airport ("French Alps") →	servesAsGatewayTo
Adda River → Rhine ("Swiss Alps") →	sourceLocation
Drava → Inn →	sourceMountainRange
Dranse → Isar →	sourceRegion
Ardito Desio ("Italian Alps") → Jean-Antoine Carrel →	workLocation
Ardito Desio →	areaOfActivity
Lederhosen →	associatedRegion
Northeastern Italy →	border
Po Valley →	boundedBy
Hannibal →	campaignTheater
Punta Gnifetti ("Mountains of the Alps") →	category
Edward Whymper →	climbed
Autoroute Blanche →	connectsRegion
Eurasian Plate →	formsFeature
Chasseurs alpins →	garrisonLocation
American College of Switzerland ("Swiss Alps") →	geographicFeatureNearby
Po basin →	hasClimateInfluence
Southern Germany →	hasLandscapeFeature
Mole Antonelliana →	hasPanoramicViewOf
Great St Bernard Pass ("Alpis Poenina") →	historicalName
Eurasian lynx →	introducedPopulation
Mont Blanc →	isHighestPointOf
Ain →	isNear
Zumsteinspitze ("Mountains of the Alps") →	isPartOfListing
Dufourspitze →	isSecondHighestIn
Bavaria ("Bavarian Alps") →	knownFor
Swiss Plateau ("Swiss Alps") →	liesBetween
Lake Geneva →	locatedOnNorthernSideOf
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt →	majorRangeIncludes
Alpine County →	namedAfter
Turin →	nearMountainRange
Italian Peninsula →	northernBoundary
Albrecht von Haller ("Die Alpen") →	notableWork
French Republican Army of the Alps →	operatedIn
ATMB →	operatesInRegion
A40 →	passesThrough
Peter Knubel →	placeOfActivity
Trafford Leigh-Mallory ("French Alps") →	placeOfDeath
Jacques Balmat →	regionOfActivity
Swiss Plateau ("Swiss Alps") →	separates
Geneva Airport →	servesRegion
The Magic Mountain ("Swiss Alps") →	settingLocation
Horace Bénédict de Saussure →	studied
Graian Alps →	subrangeOf
Matterhorn Bobsleds ("Swiss Alps") →	theme
Île de Peilz →	viewOf