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    Alps (redirect from Alpine nations)
    across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia. The Alpine arch extends...
    104 KB (12,126 words) - 02:02, 5 June 2024
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    Alpine F1 Team, currently racing as BWT Alpine F1 Team for sponsorship reasons, is the name under which the Enstone-based Formula One team has been competing...
    60 KB (3,719 words) - 00:47, 10 June 2024
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    Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as...
    28 KB (3,084 words) - 03:13, 10 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Alpine skiing
    Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing (cross-country...
    23 KB (2,830 words) - 20:19, 17 May 2024
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    creative aspects of snowboarding, in contrast to a style like alpine snowboarding. Alpine snowboarding is a discipline within the sport of snowboarding...
    63 KB (6,986 words) - 20:20, 17 May 2024
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    (1984–1991) Mini Alpine (1970) Alpine M63 Alpine M64 Alpine M65 Alpine A210, Group 6 Alpine A220 Alpine A360, Formula Three Alpine A364 Alpine A367, Formula...
    43 KB (4,665 words) - 20:30, 8 June 2024
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    Ski resort (redirect from Alpine resort)
    A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports. In Europe, most ski resorts are towns or villages in or adjacent...
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  • Thumbnail for Alpine County, California
    Alpine County is a county in the eastern part of the U.S. state of California located within the Sierra Nevada on the state border with Nevada. As of the...
    44 KB (2,612 words) - 21:53, 3 June 2024
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    Glacier (redirect from Alpine glacier)
    Alpine glaciers form on the crests and slopes of mountains. A glacier that fills a valley is called a valley glacier, or alternatively, an alpine glacier...
    78 KB (9,022 words) - 20:16, 9 June 2024
  • Alpinestars (redirect from Alpine stars)
    Stefano Manzi Bo Bendsneyder Niki Tuuli María Herrera Arón Canet Hiroki Ono Alpine Haas McLaren Racing Racing Bulls Red Bull Racing Brawn GP British American...
    10 KB (808 words) - 09:45, 3 June 2024
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    Montagne [fr] on a broader "Scale of Global Assessment" for alpine climbing (the French Alpine System), and created the "UIAA Scale of Overall Difficulty"...
    74 KB (8,030 words) - 22:39, 29 May 2024
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    Alpine tundra is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because it is at high elevation, with an associated harsh climate. As the...
    18 KB (2,021 words) - 11:15, 3 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
    The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts...
    173 KB (4,028 words) - 20:58, 17 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
    The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships is an alpine skiing competition organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The inaugural world championships...
    56 KB (789 words) - 13:56, 5 June 2024
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    Alpine climate is the typical climate for elevations above the tree line, where trees fail to grow due to cold. This climate is also referred to as a mountain...
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    region below the treeline. This biome includes high elevation (montane and alpine) grasslands and shrublands, including the puna and páramo in South America...
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    after the Alpine monk Saint Bernard of Menthon, acquired its first dogs between 1660 and 1670. The breed has become famous through tales of Alpine rescues...
    36 KB (4,052 words) - 09:59, 1 May 2024
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    Zither (redirect from Alpine zither)
    instruments: the concert zither (German: Konzertzither), its variant the Alpine zither (each of which uses a fretted fingerboard), and the chord zither...
    29 KB (3,270 words) - 10:14, 4 May 2024
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    The Alpine ibex (Capra ibex), which is also known as the steinbock, is a species of goat that lives in the Alps of Europe. It is one of ten species in...
    44 KB (5,106 words) - 03:41, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mountain warfare
    Mountain warfare or alpine warfare is warfare in mountains or similarly rough terrain. The term encompasses military operations affected by the terrain...
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