Alps
Americanplural noun
plural noun
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a mountain range in S central Europe, extending over 1000 km (650 miles) from the Mediterranean coast of France and NW Italy through Switzerland, N Italy, and Austria to Slovenia. Highest peak: Mont Blanc, 4807 m (15 771 ft)
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a range of mountains in the NW quadrant of the moon, which is cut in two by a straight fracture, the Alpine Valley
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The Alps provide scenic beauty and the location for an abundance of winter sports, making them a popular tourist destination.
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Number two: the Roman historian Livy’s book about the Second Punic War, with Rome against the invading North African armies from Carthage and Hannibal’s war elephants crossing the Alps.
From the vantage point of our helicopter above the Alps, you can make out scars and dimples from recent avalanches.
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Scientists are warning that glaciers in the Austrian Alps are not just shrinking, but are disintegrating, because of climate change.
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Winter sports attention will switch after these Games to French Alps 2030, which will be the 15th edition of the Winter Paralympics.
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She struggled with it, she confronted it, and finally, on a clear day in the Alps, she conquered it again, weeping at the finish line.
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