Definitions for ALPSælps

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Alps, the Alps(noun)



  1. Alps(ProperNoun)


  2. Origin: Ultimately from Alpes.


  1. Alps

    The Alps are one of the great mountain range systems of Europe stretching approximately 1,200 kilometres across eight Alpine countries from Austria and Slovenia in the east, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, France to the west and Italy and Monaco to the south. The mountains were formed over hundreds of millions of years as the African and Eurasian tectonic plates collided. Extreme shortening caused by the event resulted in marine sedimentary rocks rising by thrusting and folding into high mountain peaks such as Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn. Mont Blanc spans the French–Italian border, and at 4,810.45 m is the highest mountain in the Alps. The Alpine region area contains many peaks higher than 4,000 m, known as the "four-thousanders". The altitude and size of the range affects the climate in Europe; in the mountains precipitation levels vary greatly and climatic conditions consist of distinct zones. Wildlife such as ibex live in the higher peaks to elevations of 3,400 m, and plants such as Edelweiss grow in rocky areas in lower elevations as well as in higher elevations. Evidence of human habitation in the Alps goes back to the Paleolithic era. A mummified man, determined to be 5,000 years old, was discovered on a glacier at the Austrian–Italian border in 1991. By the 6th century BC, the Celtic La Tène culture was well established. Hannibal may have crossed the Alps with a herd of elephants, and the Romans had settlements in the region. In 1800 Napoleon crossed one of the mountain passes with an army of 40,000. The 18th and 19th centuries saw an influx of naturalists, writers, and artists, in particular the Romantics, followed by the golden age of alpinism as mountaineers began to ascend the peaks. In World War II the Third Reich invaded the Alpine countries, with the exception of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; Adolf Hitler kept a base of operation in the Bavarian Alps throughout the war.

Anagrams for ALPS »

  1. SPLA

  2. salp

  3. laps

  4. pals

  5. slap


  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ALPS in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ALPS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

  1. Andreas Vieli:

    My kids are going to see a very different scenery in the Alps.

  2. Edgar Watson Howe:


  3. Carl Benedikt Frey:

    Someone standing on a bus with a microphone and someone riding on a horse with you across the Alps are very different, the first is quite automatable, the second is not.

  4. James Thurber:

    If a playwright tried to see eye to eye with everybody, he would get the worst case of strabismus since Hannibal lost an eye trying to count his nineteen elephants during a snowstorm while crossing the Alps.

  5. Michael Lauber:

    Where needed, financial assets have been seized, including real estate, for example flats in the Swiss Alps, i would like to emphasize that investments in real estate can be misused for the purpose of money laundering.

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