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Alps

Alps
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About Alps

The Alps are some of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately 1,200 km (750 mi) across several Alpine countries : Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria, and Slovenia.

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Otzi the Iceman, about 5,300 years old, was found up a mountain in the Alps.

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More facts about Alps

  1. In 1974 bad weather across the Alps left insects scarce and swallows too hungry and weak to fly, so the birds were transported out by plane.

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  2. Alpine cowbells are around 100 decibels and hang round the cow's neck the whole time.

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Coordinates: 46.5800, 8.6200

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