[x]

Browse More Like This

More from ~jup3nep

View Gallery

Featured in Groups:

#wesupportEARTH
We support our Earth.

#ItalianLandscapes
Italian community

#EARTH-SCRIPTURES
Revealed Through Pictures.

Details

Submitted: April 21, 2009
Image Size: 259 KB
Resolution: 1024×935

Link

Thumb

Statistics

Comments: 13
Favourites: 202 [who?]
Views: 2,650 (2 today)
Downloads: 249 (0 today)

[x]

Green velvetby ~jup3nep

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Landscapes

The Alps (French: Alpes; German: Alpen; Italian: Alpi; Romansh: Alps; Slovene: Alpe) is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west. The word "Alps" was taken via French from Latin Alpes (meaning "the Alps&quot

, which may be influenced by the Latin words albus (white) or altus (high) or more likely a Latin rendering of a Celtic or Ligurian original.

The highest mountain in the Alps is Mont Blanc, at 4,808 metres (15,774 ft), on the Italian-French border. All the main peaks of the Alps can be found in the list of mountains of the Alps and list of Alpine peaks by prominence.

The Alps are generally divided into the Western Alps and the Eastern Alps. The division is along the line between Lake Constance and Lake Como, following the Rhine. The Western Alps are higher, but their central chain is shorter and curved; they are located in Italy, France and Switzerland. The Eastern Alps (main ridge system elongated and broad) belong to Austria, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia and Switzerland.

The Alps are a classic example of what happens when a temperate area at lower altitude gives way to higher elevation terrain. Elevations around the world which have cold climates similar to those found in polar areas have been called alpine. A rise from sea level into the upper regions of the atmosphere causes the temperature to decrease. The effect of mountain chains on prevailing winds is to carry warm air belonging to the lower region into an upper zone, where it expands in volume at the cost of a proportionate loss of heat, often accompanied by the precipitation of moisture in the form of snow or rain.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alps

love 1 1

joy 1 1

wow 1 1

~~mad 0 0~~

~~sad 0 0~~

~~fear 0 0~~

~~neutral 0 0~~

~Crystal-Sphynx Mar 23, 2013

Looks surreal and magical

*LeilansDream Jan 22, 2011

That's one of a kind sight!

~hoho501 Jan 21, 2011

epic just epic

~kiefers24 Dec 1, 2010

What is it feel to be there?? I am exhausted just to imagine that I was really there witnessing it with my own eyes. What an awesome and magnificent landscape!! beautiful, outstanding, and stunning view. Very good no I must say it excellent. Thank you so much for sharing this amazing photo