Where are the Alps?

Alpine location

The Alps are a small part of an intermittent mountain chain extending from the Atlas Mountains in North Africa across southern Europe and Asia beyond the Himalayas. The Alps are located in south-central Europe, north of the Mediterranean Sea, and extend approximately 1 kilometers in the shape of a crescent from Southern France to Switzerland, then passes through northern Italy to Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, and the end of the Alps in Albania on the Adriatic coast. The Alps are 126.5408 kilometers long, and their widest point is more than 1 kilometers wide. They are located between Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and Verona, Italy, and cover an area estimated at 207.008 square kilometers. The Alps are considered one of the most prominent physiographic regions in Western Europe.

Economy in the Alps

For many generations, a wooded area of ​​pasture in the Alps has been used to graze goats and cattle in the summer. Agriculture has been limited to valleys and slopes only. Fruit is also grown on some sunny slopes. The fast-flowing waterfalls and rivers of the Alps are used to generate hydroelectric power. Tourism is the source. The main source of income in the Alps, as it has stunning views, and provides winter sports and climbing. Among the most famous resorts in the Alps are Bled in Slovenia, Chamonix in France, Cortina d’Ampezzo and Bolzano in Italy, Zermatt, Interlaken, St. Moritz, Davos, and Arosa in Switzerland. Berchtesgaden in Germany, and Sankt Anton, Innsbruck, Kitzbühel, Salzburg and Bad Gastein in Austria.

Alpine climate

The climate of the Alps varies greatly depending on the location and different altitudes, and is affected by four main climatic influences, which are the cold continental air masses, dry in winter and hot in summer, which are in the east and south, relatively humid, moderate air in the Atlantic Ocean and the west, warm Mediterranean air in the north, and The cold arctic that hails from northern Europe.