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Why are there so many individual articles? Most of this could easily go into one article. Are there any special reasons? Kosebam 08:51, 3 Aug 2003 (UTC)
please change Third reich to nazi germany in the sentence: "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." The term "third reich" is problematic because first it was used (shortly)in nazi propaganda language, and second it encourages interpretation of history that see nazi- germany as a legitimate successor of the second and first reich in a linear development of germany within okkzidental culture. Therefore the term should be replaced by the term that is used in the wiki- page to that the link is refering to: nazi- germany. As I just saw, within wikipedia, the term "third reich" is widely acepted meanwhile it`s use is (as far I know) discussed ambivalent within historians discourse. I find the arguments outlined shortly above though striking an therefore I pleed for chaning the term as suggested. 83.77.1.135 ( talk) 07:59, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
I replaced the rather weird (and restrictive) subgroupings from the Britannica in the Eastern Alps with the more common ones which can be found in the German Wikipedia. Articles about many of the groups need to be written. Also, the same should be done for the Western Alps. Martg76 21:42, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I improved the article some, added sub titles, links to sub articles and summaries, but there still is work to do. The sub articles need major work since they are all mostly copies of the 1911 encyclopedia. Elfguy 19:25, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
what language do the apilation people speak????? i need to knwo
If you are referring to Alpine people, as opposed to Apilation people (apilation people are found in North America)
I assume you mean Alpine people. In France, they speak French
In Switzerland they speak *Swiss German (to the north), French (to the Sount West), Romanish (a very small group to the south) and Italian (to the south and south-east).
Many words of Swiss German are also spelled differently to High German.
In Austria they speak German
In Lichtenstein they speak German (like Swiss German)
In Italy they speak Italian
In the article the name of the Alpes: "The word "Alps" was taken via French from Latin Alpes (meaning "the Alps"), which may be influenced by the Latin words albus (white) or altus (high), or a Celtic word."
Which Celtic word is being referred to. Is this simply speculation or is there some etymological basis to the comment?
Firstly sorry for not registering, I am not sure how to do that. Thanks for the prompt reply, but as someone who natively speaks a Celtic language I am curious. For example, in my own native Irish the words "The Alps" are "Na hAlpa" Suggesting to me that we took the word from Latin.
But as the comment is here in an encyclopedia, the lack of citation is troubling. Maybe you can add to the article by saying that Servious suggested that it had a Celtic origin.
A very interesting article bye the way, thanks for writing it! Richard
Actually, I have just done some Etymological research in Gealic (Irish Celtic) and WOW! you do learn something new every day!
The old Gealic word for mountain is infact "alp", bearing in mind the Romans never arrived in Ireland, so no Latin in the old version of the language. Remarcable.
Again thanks for the quick reply which appears to have cleared that one up quickly!
Richard
I have altered the passage in question based on the above. It is unlikely that Romans would make such a slurring language derivation into Latin and on the other hand derivations from the languages of the people they considered to be barbarians. On the other hand borrowings especially for place names associated with those peoples was very common. Lycurgus 02:03, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
The name of the mountain comes from Turkish like a BALKAN Balkan means in old Turkish=mountain.in Turkish Alp means= brave,manly,violent,strong. I think these words are suitable for ALPs.... —Preceding
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88.254.200.83 (
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"Alp" is indeed a Turkish honorific, as in Alp Arslan. The Turkish term has nothing whatsoever to do with the name of the Alps. -- dab (𒁳) 16:38, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Bu what about Etruscan Civilization ??? They lived Toscana. Near Alps. And their DNA's same with modern Anatolian Turks. Please read these
http://users.cwnet.com/millenia/ETRUSCANDICTIONARY.htm RUNİC ETRUSCAN
Any reason why Monaco isn't mentioned? Its situated at the southern tip of Maritime Alps isn't it?
Any other Wikipedia page in other languages I checked does mention Monaco.
The caption of the Alps from "space" is a little odd. It says that the picture is of the Alps from space. It obviously did not come from outer space. The caption, to me, implies it is an actual picture taken from outer space from a spacecraft when in reality it is from google earth or something similar. What do you think? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ole10589 ( talk • contribs) 01:23, 28 February 2007 (UTC).
Can links to Alp be fixed to point to Alps instead? Just a heads up that people are being redirected confusingly. DavidRF 14:12, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
This article does not meet current B-class criteria because it is not suitably referenced. The next step would be to locate reliable sources for any important or controversial material (such as the claim about fauna being more common in protected areas). If your project does not use the new "C" class then please reclassify to "Start" class. Stepheng3 ( talk) 04:06, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
Why is the elevation of Mont Blanc on this page 4,808 metres (15,774 ft) and on the Mont Blanc page listed as 4,810 metres (15,781 ft)?? Phil -- 199.46.154.96 ( talk) 21:41, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
The summit is covered by an ice cap. Its height does vary. 62.3.255.103 ( talk) 21:30, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
I have also just removed .45m from the height in the intro paragraph. This is spurious accuracy, as the summit is covered by a 15m ice cap, which is naturally variable, and because it is unnecessary to include the .45m and also because it is not house style. See the articles for other peaks eg Everest, Elbrus, Matterhorn, Monte Rosa Finsteraarhorn, all of which have heights to nearest whole metre. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.3.255.103 ( talk) 21:46, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Under fauna it lists " Mountain Hare", but the photo shown is that of an Arctic Hare. I looked and here it mentions the arctic hare are found in the Alps. But then when you look here (on the BBC), it says that mountain hare are found in the alps. Could it be that both species are found in the alps, and that whoever captioned the image as "mountain hare" on this article was just making a careless mistake? I was going to alter the image to mountain hare, but then I noticed that arctic hare are found in the alps too, so what should be done? - 24.92.44.95 ( talk) 01:39, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
The Swiss Alps, perhaps more than any other region of the World, is a microcosm of geological theories. Perhaps their importance to the development of geology should be acknowledged more in this introductory article. Though nappes are mentioned, the 're-interpretation' of the Glarus double-fold as a thrust fault allowed the Scottish Highlands to be made sense of.
Much of our French terminology of mountain geography and alpine glaciation was developed here, and summarized in Agassiz's 1940 treatise. Because of this and the dramatic effect of alpine glaciers on the beauty of the mountains and U-shaped valleys between, perhaps glaciation should be mentioned.
Though geosynclinal theory was an American invention, molasse basins & flysch troughs were used even there: and many geologists immediately saw plate tectonic theory explaining these & replacing the older theory.
The separate geology article has much to cover, but this article could list or mention those fundamental geological theories that were formulated in the Alps. Geologist ( talk) 21:21, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
What about Ladin!? There should be the word "alps" added in the Ladin language too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.82.0.13 ( talk) 05:57, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
In Etymology, the origin of the name is explained. But in English, 'Alps' is used for different mountain ranges in the world and for two near-by mountain ranges in Europe that are not part of the Alps.
and
-- Schwab7000 ( talk) 16:46, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
This article mentions the various sub-ranges in the Alps: the Ligurian Alps, the Maritime Alps, the Cottian Alps, the Dauphiné Alps, the Graian Alps, the Chablais Alps, the Pennine Alps, the Bernese Alps, the Lepontine Alps , the Glarus Alps, and the Appenzell Alps. But very few of these pages have sources. I have the Shoumatoff book The Alps so I can source some of these but not all. The Shoumatoffs use different nomenclature for some of the sub-ranges so I'm having difficulty reconciling these. Does anyone know of a definitive source that uses these names we do so we can source here and in the subarticles? Truthkeeper ( talk) 16:14, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I'd like to remove the table that's sitting in the middle of this article. I did remove, was reverted, so per BRD, am bringing this to the talk page. My feeling is that the section should be used to present a summary of mountaineering in the Alps and many of the peaks can be incorporated in the text. Furthermore we have a List of Alpine four-thousanders which is linked as the main article, and various subarticles, so I think the space could be put to better use. Thoughts? Truthkeeper ( talk) 19:46, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
... does not go where one might naively be expecting (look at what links there for example; I'm sure most of those are not intended to be links to the 2007 documentary). There is also Alps (disambiguation) and Alp and ALP and ALPS and other articles mentioned there.
Surely the Alps should redirect either to Alps or to Alps (disambiguation), ideally the former, and the content there should be moved to The Alps (film) (like the article at The Alps (band))? Perhaps better to discuss over at Talk:The Alps. -- Ferma ( talk) 19:36, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
I've removed the final sentence from the orogeny and geology section:
as rather confused. How can folds and nappes "separate" peaks from valleys? Geomorphology - surface terrain is affected by underlying tectonic features, but "separated from" - not. The remainder of the sentence is also confusing - yes, drainage patterns are affected by underlying structures... Vsmith ( talk) 14:21, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
The geology section ought to be clearer about the time~scale of the actual thrusting-up of the ranges we see today - as the process is described now it can easily give a newcomer reader the impression that vivid folding and thrusting began already in the mid-Mesozoic. The time when the present Alps were pushed up into the sky was mainly about 40-10 million years ago, wasn't it? Though the relief was changed a great deal by the Pleistocene glaciations. 83.254.151.33 ( talk) 00:19, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
I wish to offer a new theory as to how the Alps were formed: per the scientists at ICR (Institute for Creation Research; all but one scientist have Doctorates in the math and science fields, and that one undoctored scientist has a Masters in Science and is currently WORKING on his Doctorate in Science), their informational books/pamphlets, and the books of Dr. John Whitcomb [of Whitcomb Ministries] it would be almost impossible for hard rock (of itself, AND even combined with soil) to be bent/folded as much [tightly] as many geological formations show themselves to be. HOWEVER, per those ICR scientists (and Dr. Whitcomb, who has Masters and Doctorates in various math segments and NUMEROUS science segments), BECAUSE there ARE evidences/proofs, on literally EVERY continent, of a world-wide biblical Flood of catastrophic proportions.......it would have been VERY EASY for God to cause our planet's crust to bend and fold into all sorts of tight shapes while our planet's crust was soft because it was SATURATED from all the Flood waters that COVERED our whole planet.
AND, this WOULD have happened inside of 6,000 some-hundred years ago..........per a book called "Footsteps and the Stones of Time", by Dr. Carl Baugh and Dr. Clifford Wilson, all the ancient written records indicate recency in the Creation of our planet (and solar system/universe). Thirty seven ancient records testify our planet was created NO OLDER than 7,000 years ago, many of those records testify to a YOUNGER creation than 7,000 years ago. (I am well aware of the wide-spread criticism that Dr. Baugh and Dr. Wilson received [simply because they allowed themselves to think "outside" the evolution box, and even "outside" the normal thinking of many Bible fundamental Christians !]...........HOWEVER, Dr. Baugh's theories have BEEN partially proven, due to two incidents regarding the Texas Paluxy River archaeology dig that the front half of the "Footsteps and the Stones of Man" book are about. The FIRST incidence was that when Dr. Baugh and his team were pulling artifacts out of the Paluxy River (after one of its infamous floods), the items that were pulled out were supposedly from NUMEROUS evolutionistic time periods.......BUT every one of those items were in actuality pulled from the SAME time period layer - thus EXPLODING the Evolution theory. THAT was why there was an immediate outcry of "Fraud !!" from many evolution critics. Those "Fraud !" screams were silenced ONLY after Dr. Baugh time-date tested the soil in which the items came directly from.........AND then also time-date tested the soils immediately surrounding the extraction area of the dig. Only after MULTIPLE time-test results repeatedly showed that all the items WERE correctly dated as 1 single time date and NOT numerous evolutionary dates, did the evolution critics shut up, because they had been proven WRONG, and Evolution had (yet again) been proven as a lie. The SECOND incident regarding the dig was that one of the neighbors on the Paluxy River tried to claim that Dr. Baugh was a fake - this man claimed that the ancient finger that Dr. Baugh's team had found - was actually the fake finger HE had deliberately hidden in the Paluxy River, and that Dr. Baugh's team had simply found that fake finger, and were falsely claiming it was ancient. This guy stated that he would go BACK to where he had buried his fake finger, and would PROVE Dr. Baugh to be fake, by revealing the [now empty] hole where his fake finger had been. Well, imaging this guy's surprise when he DID go back to his hiding place, dug down, and found his fake finger STILL IN the hole he had put it into !! .......thus proving that Dr. Baugh's ancient finger IS real !! (because that ancient finger is one of the items on display in Dr. Baugh "Creation Museum" located in Glen Rose, Texas). Some time after I first downloaded Dr. Baugh's Creation Museum website, I decided to recheck for any updates. As I scrolled down the Home Page, at the very bottom, was posted a small article telling about this Paluxy River neighbor's claim that Dr. Baugh was a fake, and told about the finger incident. Just below that small article, was ANOTHER also small article that told of this Paluxy River critic sending a notice of APOLOGY to Dr. Baugh, AND there was also a black and white photo of the guy HOLDING his fake finger. Dr Baugh's only comment was a humble "thank you" to all of his supporters. [Gail Noon, San Pedro, CA, gailmaria51@att.net, March 20, 2015] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bluffscoastlass ( talk • contribs) 16:10, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
Re [1], I think, without knowing much about the incident, Petrarch's climb is probably famous enough & early enough to deserve mention, but though Mount Ventoux may be geologically Alpine, it isn't really geographically or culturally, and has a very un-Alpine shape at the top, which today you can reach by car or bike. Even in the Middle Ages no ladders or rope required. Perhaps describe the mountain as an outlier or something, or leave it in a note. Congrats on the prize - a very nice piece of work. Johnbod ( talk) 11:21, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
I think we can do better than the current Jungfrau one, partly because it's not a 5* pic, partly because we have a panoranomic pic of it lower down in the article. Seems silly when there are so many other mtns to have two pics of the same one. Suggestions? Ericoides ( talk) 16:24, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
The Geography section had the highest parts running from Mont Blanc to the Bernese Oberland and then to the Matterhorn, which is a strange circular route. I think it makes much more sense to consider the highest ground as being dissected by the glacial trough of the Rhone. I rearranged the text accordingly, around the natural feature of the Rhone trench, with the Pennine Alps to South, Berner Oberland to North. 62.3.255.103 ( talk) 22:05, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
"Wildlife such as ibex live in the higher peaks to elevations of 3,400 m (11,155 ft)," I don't know what this sentence means. Does "wildlife" mean large mammals? - or is it just a vague general statement that "the higher peaks" support life? "In the peaks" I assume doesn't mean 'in the rock', and I assume it doesn't mean in the snow at the top of the highest 100 peaks. "to elevations of" - does that mean 'down to elevations of'? It certainly would make no sense to claim 'wildlife' lived in the highest peaks which are all above 4,000m but only below 3,400 m. Can a native English speaker please clarify what ever this obtuse sentence means? I would point out that it isn't likely that the average reader needs to be told that wildlife exists in the Alps, and while the Ibex is certainly a notable large European mammal "such as" really obfuscates what is trying to be said. 173.189.75.127 ( talk) 10:16, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
"The Alps extend from France in the west to Slovenia in the east, and from Italy in the south to Germany in the north."
Huh? The map seems to clearly show the eastern extent of the Alps as being in Austria, and the southern extent of the Alps as being in France and Monaco. Is this not so? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.137.191.16 ( talk) 07:38, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
"Water from the rivers is used in over 500 hydroelectricity power plants, generating as much as 2900 kilowatts of electricity.[4]"
2900 KW is almost nothing - should be 2900 GWh. According to the referenced source:
"- 550 hydroelectricity plants with more than 10 MW and 2900 GWh annual output" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.16.43.133 ( talk) 20:27, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
Does that mean that each plant in question generates that much power or that all together they do? I have indicated that further clarification is needed. Rightbrace ( talk) 11:38, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
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At /info/en/?search=Alps#Transportation it says "Some high mountain villages, such as Avoriaz (in France), Chamois (in Italy), Wengen, and Zermatt (in Switzerland) are accessible only by cable car or cog-rail trains, and are car free. Other villages in the Alps are considering becoming car free zones or limiting the number of cars for reasons of sustainability of the fragile Alpine terrain."
I think this could be clarified. For example, you can drive right up to Avoriaz where there is a large car park right outside, and the village itself is 'car free'.
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Why are there so many individual articles? Most of this could easily go into one article. Are there any special reasons? Kosebam 08:51, 3 Aug 2003 (UTC)
please change Third reich to nazi germany in the sentence: "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." The term "third reich" is problematic because first it was used (shortly)in nazi propaganda language, and second it encourages interpretation of history that see nazi- germany as a legitimate successor of the second and first reich in a linear development of germany within okkzidental culture. Therefore the term should be replaced by the term that is used in the wiki- page to that the link is refering to: nazi- germany. As I just saw, within wikipedia, the term "third reich" is widely acepted meanwhile it`s use is (as far I know) discussed ambivalent within historians discourse. I find the arguments outlined shortly above though striking an therefore I pleed for chaning the term as suggested. 83.77.1.135 ( talk) 07:59, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
I replaced the rather weird (and restrictive) subgroupings from the Britannica in the Eastern Alps with the more common ones which can be found in the German Wikipedia. Articles about many of the groups need to be written. Also, the same should be done for the Western Alps. Martg76 21:42, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I improved the article some, added sub titles, links to sub articles and summaries, but there still is work to do. The sub articles need major work since they are all mostly copies of the 1911 encyclopedia. Elfguy 19:25, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
what language do the apilation people speak????? i need to knwo
If you are referring to Alpine people, as opposed to Apilation people (apilation people are found in North America)
I assume you mean Alpine people. In France, they speak French
In Switzerland they speak *Swiss German (to the north), French (to the Sount West), Romanish (a very small group to the south) and Italian (to the south and south-east).
Many words of Swiss German are also spelled differently to High German.
In Austria they speak German
In Lichtenstein they speak German (like Swiss German)
In Italy they speak Italian
In the article the name of the Alpes: "The word "Alps" was taken via French from Latin Alpes (meaning "the Alps"), which may be influenced by the Latin words albus (white) or altus (high), or a Celtic word."
Which Celtic word is being referred to. Is this simply speculation or is there some etymological basis to the comment?
Firstly sorry for not registering, I am not sure how to do that. Thanks for the prompt reply, but as someone who natively speaks a Celtic language I am curious. For example, in my own native Irish the words "The Alps" are "Na hAlpa" Suggesting to me that we took the word from Latin.
But as the comment is here in an encyclopedia, the lack of citation is troubling. Maybe you can add to the article by saying that Servious suggested that it had a Celtic origin.
A very interesting article bye the way, thanks for writing it! Richard
Actually, I have just done some Etymological research in Gealic (Irish Celtic) and WOW! you do learn something new every day!
The old Gealic word for mountain is infact "alp", bearing in mind the Romans never arrived in Ireland, so no Latin in the old version of the language. Remarcable.
Again thanks for the quick reply which appears to have cleared that one up quickly!
Richard
I have altered the passage in question based on the above. It is unlikely that Romans would make such a slurring language derivation into Latin and on the other hand derivations from the languages of the people they considered to be barbarians. On the other hand borrowings especially for place names associated with those peoples was very common. Lycurgus 02:03, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
The name of the mountain comes from Turkish like a BALKAN Balkan means in old Turkish=mountain.in Turkish Alp means= brave,manly,violent,strong. I think these words are suitable for ALPs.... —Preceding
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talk) 13:35, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
"Alp" is indeed a Turkish honorific, as in Alp Arslan. The Turkish term has nothing whatsoever to do with the name of the Alps. -- dab (𒁳) 16:38, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Bu what about Etruscan Civilization ??? They lived Toscana. Near Alps. And their DNA's same with modern Anatolian Turks. Please read these
http://users.cwnet.com/millenia/ETRUSCANDICTIONARY.htm RUNİC ETRUSCAN
Any reason why Monaco isn't mentioned? Its situated at the southern tip of Maritime Alps isn't it?
Any other Wikipedia page in other languages I checked does mention Monaco.
The caption of the Alps from "space" is a little odd. It says that the picture is of the Alps from space. It obviously did not come from outer space. The caption, to me, implies it is an actual picture taken from outer space from a spacecraft when in reality it is from google earth or something similar. What do you think? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ole10589 ( talk • contribs) 01:23, 28 February 2007 (UTC).
Can links to Alp be fixed to point to Alps instead? Just a heads up that people are being redirected confusingly. DavidRF 14:12, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
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Why is the elevation of Mont Blanc on this page 4,808 metres (15,774 ft) and on the Mont Blanc page listed as 4,810 metres (15,781 ft)?? Phil -- 199.46.154.96 ( talk) 21:41, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
The summit is covered by an ice cap. Its height does vary. 62.3.255.103 ( talk) 21:30, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
I have also just removed .45m from the height in the intro paragraph. This is spurious accuracy, as the summit is covered by a 15m ice cap, which is naturally variable, and because it is unnecessary to include the .45m and also because it is not house style. See the articles for other peaks eg Everest, Elbrus, Matterhorn, Monte Rosa Finsteraarhorn, all of which have heights to nearest whole metre. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.3.255.103 ( talk) 21:46, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Under fauna it lists " Mountain Hare", but the photo shown is that of an Arctic Hare. I looked and here it mentions the arctic hare are found in the Alps. But then when you look here (on the BBC), it says that mountain hare are found in the alps. Could it be that both species are found in the alps, and that whoever captioned the image as "mountain hare" on this article was just making a careless mistake? I was going to alter the image to mountain hare, but then I noticed that arctic hare are found in the alps too, so what should be done? - 24.92.44.95 ( talk) 01:39, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
The Swiss Alps, perhaps more than any other region of the World, is a microcosm of geological theories. Perhaps their importance to the development of geology should be acknowledged more in this introductory article. Though nappes are mentioned, the 're-interpretation' of the Glarus double-fold as a thrust fault allowed the Scottish Highlands to be made sense of.
Much of our French terminology of mountain geography and alpine glaciation was developed here, and summarized in Agassiz's 1940 treatise. Because of this and the dramatic effect of alpine glaciers on the beauty of the mountains and U-shaped valleys between, perhaps glaciation should be mentioned.
Though geosynclinal theory was an American invention, molasse basins & flysch troughs were used even there: and many geologists immediately saw plate tectonic theory explaining these & replacing the older theory.
The separate geology article has much to cover, but this article could list or mention those fundamental geological theories that were formulated in the Alps. Geologist ( talk) 21:21, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
What about Ladin!? There should be the word "alps" added in the Ladin language too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.82.0.13 ( talk) 05:57, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
In Etymology, the origin of the name is explained. But in English, 'Alps' is used for different mountain ranges in the world and for two near-by mountain ranges in Europe that are not part of the Alps.
and
-- Schwab7000 ( talk) 16:46, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
This article mentions the various sub-ranges in the Alps: the Ligurian Alps, the Maritime Alps, the Cottian Alps, the Dauphiné Alps, the Graian Alps, the Chablais Alps, the Pennine Alps, the Bernese Alps, the Lepontine Alps , the Glarus Alps, and the Appenzell Alps. But very few of these pages have sources. I have the Shoumatoff book The Alps so I can source some of these but not all. The Shoumatoffs use different nomenclature for some of the sub-ranges so I'm having difficulty reconciling these. Does anyone know of a definitive source that uses these names we do so we can source here and in the subarticles? Truthkeeper ( talk) 16:14, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I'd like to remove the table that's sitting in the middle of this article. I did remove, was reverted, so per BRD, am bringing this to the talk page. My feeling is that the section should be used to present a summary of mountaineering in the Alps and many of the peaks can be incorporated in the text. Furthermore we have a List of Alpine four-thousanders which is linked as the main article, and various subarticles, so I think the space could be put to better use. Thoughts? Truthkeeper ( talk) 19:46, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
... does not go where one might naively be expecting (look at what links there for example; I'm sure most of those are not intended to be links to the 2007 documentary). There is also Alps (disambiguation) and Alp and ALP and ALPS and other articles mentioned there.
Surely the Alps should redirect either to Alps or to Alps (disambiguation), ideally the former, and the content there should be moved to The Alps (film) (like the article at The Alps (band))? Perhaps better to discuss over at Talk:The Alps. -- Ferma ( talk) 19:36, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
I've removed the final sentence from the orogeny and geology section:
as rather confused. How can folds and nappes "separate" peaks from valleys? Geomorphology - surface terrain is affected by underlying tectonic features, but "separated from" - not. The remainder of the sentence is also confusing - yes, drainage patterns are affected by underlying structures... Vsmith ( talk) 14:21, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
The geology section ought to be clearer about the time~scale of the actual thrusting-up of the ranges we see today - as the process is described now it can easily give a newcomer reader the impression that vivid folding and thrusting began already in the mid-Mesozoic. The time when the present Alps were pushed up into the sky was mainly about 40-10 million years ago, wasn't it? Though the relief was changed a great deal by the Pleistocene glaciations. 83.254.151.33 ( talk) 00:19, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
I wish to offer a new theory as to how the Alps were formed: per the scientists at ICR (Institute for Creation Research; all but one scientist have Doctorates in the math and science fields, and that one undoctored scientist has a Masters in Science and is currently WORKING on his Doctorate in Science), their informational books/pamphlets, and the books of Dr. John Whitcomb [of Whitcomb Ministries] it would be almost impossible for hard rock (of itself, AND even combined with soil) to be bent/folded as much [tightly] as many geological formations show themselves to be. HOWEVER, per those ICR scientists (and Dr. Whitcomb, who has Masters and Doctorates in various math segments and NUMEROUS science segments), BECAUSE there ARE evidences/proofs, on literally EVERY continent, of a world-wide biblical Flood of catastrophic proportions.......it would have been VERY EASY for God to cause our planet's crust to bend and fold into all sorts of tight shapes while our planet's crust was soft because it was SATURATED from all the Flood waters that COVERED our whole planet.
AND, this WOULD have happened inside of 6,000 some-hundred years ago..........per a book called "Footsteps and the Stones of Time", by Dr. Carl Baugh and Dr. Clifford Wilson, all the ancient written records indicate recency in the Creation of our planet (and solar system/universe). Thirty seven ancient records testify our planet was created NO OLDER than 7,000 years ago, many of those records testify to a YOUNGER creation than 7,000 years ago. (I am well aware of the wide-spread criticism that Dr. Baugh and Dr. Wilson received [simply because they allowed themselves to think "outside" the evolution box, and even "outside" the normal thinking of many Bible fundamental Christians !]...........HOWEVER, Dr. Baugh's theories have BEEN partially proven, due to two incidents regarding the Texas Paluxy River archaeology dig that the front half of the "Footsteps and the Stones of Man" book are about. The FIRST incidence was that when Dr. Baugh and his team were pulling artifacts out of the Paluxy River (after one of its infamous floods), the items that were pulled out were supposedly from NUMEROUS evolutionistic time periods.......BUT every one of those items were in actuality pulled from the SAME time period layer - thus EXPLODING the Evolution theory. THAT was why there was an immediate outcry of "Fraud !!" from many evolution critics. Those "Fraud !" screams were silenced ONLY after Dr. Baugh time-date tested the soil in which the items came directly from.........AND then also time-date tested the soils immediately surrounding the extraction area of the dig. Only after MULTIPLE time-test results repeatedly showed that all the items WERE correctly dated as 1 single time date and NOT numerous evolutionary dates, did the evolution critics shut up, because they had been proven WRONG, and Evolution had (yet again) been proven as a lie. The SECOND incident regarding the dig was that one of the neighbors on the Paluxy River tried to claim that Dr. Baugh was a fake - this man claimed that the ancient finger that Dr. Baugh's team had found - was actually the fake finger HE had deliberately hidden in the Paluxy River, and that Dr. Baugh's team had simply found that fake finger, and were falsely claiming it was ancient. This guy stated that he would go BACK to where he had buried his fake finger, and would PROVE Dr. Baugh to be fake, by revealing the [now empty] hole where his fake finger had been. Well, imaging this guy's surprise when he DID go back to his hiding place, dug down, and found his fake finger STILL IN the hole he had put it into !! .......thus proving that Dr. Baugh's ancient finger IS real !! (because that ancient finger is one of the items on display in Dr. Baugh "Creation Museum" located in Glen Rose, Texas). Some time after I first downloaded Dr. Baugh's Creation Museum website, I decided to recheck for any updates. As I scrolled down the Home Page, at the very bottom, was posted a small article telling about this Paluxy River neighbor's claim that Dr. Baugh was a fake, and told about the finger incident. Just below that small article, was ANOTHER also small article that told of this Paluxy River critic sending a notice of APOLOGY to Dr. Baugh, AND there was also a black and white photo of the guy HOLDING his fake finger. Dr Baugh's only comment was a humble "thank you" to all of his supporters. [Gail Noon, San Pedro, CA, gailmaria51@att.net, March 20, 2015] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bluffscoastlass ( talk • contribs) 16:10, 20 March 2015 (UTC)
Re [1], I think, without knowing much about the incident, Petrarch's climb is probably famous enough & early enough to deserve mention, but though Mount Ventoux may be geologically Alpine, it isn't really geographically or culturally, and has a very un-Alpine shape at the top, which today you can reach by car or bike. Even in the Middle Ages no ladders or rope required. Perhaps describe the mountain as an outlier or something, or leave it in a note. Congrats on the prize - a very nice piece of work. Johnbod ( talk) 11:21, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
I think we can do better than the current Jungfrau one, partly because it's not a 5* pic, partly because we have a panoranomic pic of it lower down in the article. Seems silly when there are so many other mtns to have two pics of the same one. Suggestions? Ericoides ( talk) 16:24, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
The Geography section had the highest parts running from Mont Blanc to the Bernese Oberland and then to the Matterhorn, which is a strange circular route. I think it makes much more sense to consider the highest ground as being dissected by the glacial trough of the Rhone. I rearranged the text accordingly, around the natural feature of the Rhone trench, with the Pennine Alps to South, Berner Oberland to North. 62.3.255.103 ( talk) 22:05, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
"Wildlife such as ibex live in the higher peaks to elevations of 3,400 m (11,155 ft)," I don't know what this sentence means. Does "wildlife" mean large mammals? - or is it just a vague general statement that "the higher peaks" support life? "In the peaks" I assume doesn't mean 'in the rock', and I assume it doesn't mean in the snow at the top of the highest 100 peaks. "to elevations of" - does that mean 'down to elevations of'? It certainly would make no sense to claim 'wildlife' lived in the highest peaks which are all above 4,000m but only below 3,400 m. Can a native English speaker please clarify what ever this obtuse sentence means? I would point out that it isn't likely that the average reader needs to be told that wildlife exists in the Alps, and while the Ibex is certainly a notable large European mammal "such as" really obfuscates what is trying to be said. 173.189.75.127 ( talk) 10:16, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
"The Alps extend from France in the west to Slovenia in the east, and from Italy in the south to Germany in the north."
Huh? The map seems to clearly show the eastern extent of the Alps as being in Austria, and the southern extent of the Alps as being in France and Monaco. Is this not so? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.137.191.16 ( talk) 07:38, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
"Water from the rivers is used in over 500 hydroelectricity power plants, generating as much as 2900 kilowatts of electricity.[4]"
2900 KW is almost nothing - should be 2900 GWh. According to the referenced source:
"- 550 hydroelectricity plants with more than 10 MW and 2900 GWh annual output" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.16.43.133 ( talk) 20:27, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
Does that mean that each plant in question generates that much power or that all together they do? I have indicated that further clarification is needed. Rightbrace ( talk) 11:38, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
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At /info/en/?search=Alps#Transportation it says "Some high mountain villages, such as Avoriaz (in France), Chamois (in Italy), Wengen, and Zermatt (in Switzerland) are accessible only by cable car or cog-rail trains, and are car free. Other villages in the Alps are considering becoming car free zones or limiting the number of cars for reasons of sustainability of the fragile Alpine terrain."
I think this could be clarified. For example, you can drive right up to Avoriaz where there is a large car park right outside, and the village itself is 'car free'.
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