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A list of Citizendium articles, and planned articles, about Alps.
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Parent topics

  • Earth science [r]: The study of the components and processes of the planet Earth. [e]
  • Geology [r]: The scientific study of the structure and composition of the earth's crust and its changes over time. [e]
  • Geophysics [r]: The study of the Earth by quantitative physical methods, namely seismic, magnetic, electrical, electromagnetic, thermal and radioactivity methods. [e]
  • Plate tectonics [r]: Theory that explains geological phenomena such as seismicity, volcanism, continental drift, and mountain building in terms of the formation, destruction, movement, and interaction of the earth's lithospheric plates. [e]
  • Mountain range [r]: Chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys. [e]
  • Europe [r]: Sixth largest continent; area 10,000,000 km2; pop. 720,000,000 [e]
  • European plate [r]: Add brief definition or description

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Other related topics

  • Alpine vegetation [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Apennine peninsula [r]: A boot-shaped peninsula in southern Europe extending into the Mediterranean Sea. [e]
  • Austria [r]: Federal republic in central Europe (population c. 8.2 million; capital Vienna), bordered to the north by Germany and the Czech Republic; to the south by Italy and Slovenia; to the west by Switzerland and Liechtenstein; and to the east by Hungary and Slovakia. [e]
  • County of Nice [r]: A historical region of France, located in the south-eastern part, around the city of Nice. [e]
  • De analogia [r]: Two books of a grammatical work on the Latin language written by Julius Caesar and dedicated to Cicero. [e]
  • France [r]: Western European republic (population c. 64.1 million; capital Paris) extending across Europe from the English Channel in the north-west to the Mediterranean in the south-east; bounded by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Spain; founding member of the European Union. Colonial power in Southeast Asia until 1954. [e]
  • Germany [r]: Federal republic in central Europe (population c. 82.4 million; capital Berlin), with the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea to the north; Poland and the Czech Republic to the east; France, Switzerland and Austria to the south; and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west; founding member of the European Union. [e]
  • Gertrude Bell [r]: (1868-1926) English author and adventurer who influenced the formation of Iraq. [e]
  • Glacier [r]: Bodies of flowing ice that form when more snow accumulates each year than melts. [e]
  • Italy [r]: Southern European republic (population c. 58.1 million; capital Rome) that has northern borders with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia, and coastlines on the Tyrrhenian, Mediterranean, Inonian and Adriatic seas; founding member of the European Union. [e]
  • Liechtenstein [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Mountain [r]: A mountain is an elevated area of a planet or moon, rapidly rising to high altitude. [e]
  • Occitania [r]: Area of southwestern Europe were the Occitan language is spoken. [e]
  • Permafrost [r]: Soil at or below the freezing point of water (0 °C or 32 °F) for two or more years. [e]
  • Provence [r]: Region of southwestern Europe, politically in France and culturally in Occitania, stretching from the Rhone to the Alps along the Mediterranean Sea. [e]
  • Queyras Natural Regional Park [r]: Natural park in the southern Alps (Provence, France). [e]
  • Rhine [r]: A large river (ca 1,320 km) that drains portions of northern Europe, flowing from south-eastern Switzerland through Germany and the Netherlands, into the North Sea. [e]
  • Slovenia [r]: Former Yugoslav republic (population c. 2 million; capital Ljubljana) at the north-eastern end of the Adriatic Sea, and bordering Italy and Austria to the alpine west and north, Hungary to the north-east, and Croatia along a long frontier to the east and south. [e]
  • Snow line [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Stone [r]: Rock or a piece of rock shaped, cut, or finished for a particular purpose, especially used in construction, paving, monuments, and jewellery. [e]
  • Switzerland [r]: A country in western Europe known for its banking industry and for being a neutral country since early 19th century. [e]
  • Valley glacier [r]: A stream of ice that originates in the snowfields of a high mountain range and flows down a preexisting stream valley. [e]
  • Watershed [r]: Add brief definition or description
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