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Where are The Alps located?
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Central Europe, it stretches across Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia and Switzerland.
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How were the alps formed?
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Formed about 30 million years ago by the collision between the African and European plates.
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What is the tallest peak at the Alps?
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Mont Blanc at 4810m on the Italian-French border.
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What is the population at the Alps?
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12 million people
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What are the steep upland areas used to farm, and what do they provide?
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The steep upland areas are used to farm goats, which provide milk, cheese and meat.
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What has been done to sunnier slopes and why? Give an example of location.
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Some sunnier slopes have been terraced to plant vineyards (e.g. Lavaux, Switzerland).
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Approximately, how many tourists visit the Alps each year?
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100 million tourists visit the Alps each year making tourism a huge part of economy.
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What percentage of tourists visit the Alps in winter, and why?
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70% of the tourists visit the steep snow covered mountains in the winter for skiing, snow boarding and ice-skating.
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Why do tourists visit in the summer?
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In the summer, tourists visit for walking, mountain biking, paragliding and climbing.
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How have the Alps been adapted against steep slopes?
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Goats farmed there due to their adaptation to live on steep sides. Defences built to protect against avalanches and rock slides.
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How have the soils been adapted to be used?
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Animals are grazed in most high areas as the soils are not good for crop growth.
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How have communication systems been improved on the Alps?
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Roads have been constructed over passes and it takes time to drive over passes that can be blocked by snow so the tunnels have been cut through to provide faster transport links.
E.g: Lotschberg Base Tunnel (Bernese Alps,) |
