Veneto can be divided into four areas: the northern Alpine zone, the hill zone, the lower plain and the coastal territory.

The most important mountainous area is an Alpine zone including the Lepontine and Rhaetian Alps, ( Piz Bernina – La Spedla, 4, 020 m ), the Bergamo Alps, the Ortler Alps and the Adamello massif ; it is followed by an Alpine foothills zone Prealpi, which include the main peaks are the Grigna Group ( 2, 410 m ), Resegone ( 1, 875 m ) and Presolana ( 2, 521 m ).

Precipitations are more frequent in the Prealpine zone ( up to 1, 500 – 2, 000 mm annually ) than on the plains and Alpine zones ( 600 mm to 850 mm annually ).

Choughs can be locally threatened by the accumulation of pesticides and heavy metals in the mountain soils, heavy rain, shooting and other human disturbances, but a longer-term threat comes from global warming, which would cause the species ' preferred Alpine climate zone to shift to higher, more restricted areas, or locally to disappear entirely.

After the disintegration of Samo's realm, Alpine Slavs established the Principality of Carantania in the Eastern Alps, which was independent from around 660 to around 745, when it fell under the Bavarian zone of influence and was later incorporated in the Frankish Empire.

All these successive layers of the greywacke zone were probably-together with those of the Northern Limestone Alps-overturned to the northern edge of the Alps during the time of Alpine orogeny from a region of deposition far to the south.

* Alpine zone: 12, 000 feet ( 3700 m ) and above

This set of faults, which includes the Wairau Fault, the Hope Fault, the Awatere Fault, and the Clarence Fault, transfer displacement between the Alpine Fault and the Hikurangi subduction zone to the north.

Captain Sora of the Italian Alpine troops defies orders and sets off by sled with Arctic explorers Ludvig Varming and Sjef van Dongen to try to reach the crash zone.

Above 1300 meters, the Alpine climate zone starts.

The break in the continuity of the Alpine chain marked by the deep valley, the Vinschgau, of the upper Adige is one of the most remarkable features in the orography of the Alps.

One turning-point in the rivalry was the Treaty of Utrecht ( 1713 ), by which France ceded to Savoy the Alpine districts of Exilles, Bardonnèche ( Bardonecchia ), Oulx, Fenestrelles, and Châtean Dauphin, while Savoy handed over to France the valley of Barcelonnette, situated on the western slope of the Alps and forming part of the county of Nice.

The municipality of Kranjska Gora is situated in the Upper Sava Valley, a typical Alpine valley.

The region comprising Markleeville is Alpine in appearance, with lush grassy valley areas.

It is a junction of the arterial roads from the Rhine valley to the German Alpine foothills, with cruise ship services on Lake Constance.

The Engadin valley lies at the centre of the Alpine range and constitutes the upper part of the 300 km-long Inn valley.

On August 8, 2007, U. S. Representative Dave Reichert ( WA-08 ), King County Executive Ron Sims, and others announced a proposal to expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness to include the valley of the Pratt River, a tributary of the Middle Fork, near the town of North Bend.

A southern move led to the Mediterranean where ' enclaves ' were established in south-western Spain and southern France around the Golfe du Lion and into the Po valley in Italy probably via ancient western Alpine trade routes used to distribute jadeite axes.

The valley of Lauterbrunnen ( Lauterbrunnental ) is one of the deepest in the Alpine chain when compared with the height of the mountains that rise directly on either side.

The Aosta Valley is an Alpine valley that with its side valleys includes the Italian slopes of Monte Bianco, Monte Rosa and the Matterhorn ; its highest peak is Monte Bianco ( the Mont Blanc ).

The Rhine Valley ( German: ) is a glacial alpine valley, formed by the Alpine Rhine ( German: ), i. e. the section of the Rhine River between the confluence of the Anterior Rhine and Posterior Rhine at Reichenau and its mouth at Lake Constance.

Its upper third has the character of an Alpine valley, enclosing a bottom plain of about 1 to 4 kilometers across.

The Taurini were an ancient Celto-Ligurian Alpine people, who occupied the upper valley of the river Po, in the centre of modern Piedmont.

South of Bolzano, the Eisack joins the river, which heads south through a valley that has always been one of the major routes through the Alps It leads to and from the Reschen and the Brenner passes, at considered the easiest of the main Alpine passes.

First charted as a summer mountaineering route by members of the Alpine Club ( UK ) in the mid 19th century, the route takes around 12 + days walking ( or 7 + days skiing ) the 180 km from the Chamonix valley, home of Mont Blanc, to Zermatt, home of the Matterhorn.

A combined Swiss and Papal force moved north from Milan to block the Alpine passes against him, but Francis, following the advice of Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, avoided the main passes and marched instead through the valley of the Stura.

Reit im Winkl is located at the Deutschen Alpenstraße ( B 305 ) ( German Alpine Street ), coming from the highway A8 at the Chiemsee and through the valley of the Tiroler Achen to Reit im Winkl and through Ruhpolding to Reichenhall.

As the bombing stops and the Alpine valley turns serene once more, Irene excitedly describes their future act together while Harry begins to play the damaged piano.

* In the ending intended for international audiences, Harry plays and the two of them sing a hymn from Harry's youth in hopes to divert their minds from the bombs exploding outside the lobby windows, and they embrace after the Alpine valley turns serene once more.

Only strategically important places such as the Freiamt or those along the route from Schwyz to the Rhine valley at Sargans ( and thus to the Alpine passes in the Grisons ) were forcibly re-Catholicised.

According to the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps, the range is bounded by the Salzach valley to the north ( separating it from the Kitzbühel Alps ), the Mur valley and the Murtörl Pass to the east ( separating it from the Niedere Tauern ), the Drava valley to the south ( separating it from the Southern Limestone Alps ), and the Birnlücke Pass to the west ( separating it from the Zillertal Alps ).

The floor pan of this model was later to form the basis for the Sunbeam Alpine, Sunbeam also being part of the Rootes empire.

The hiking trails provide access to the Alpine Lakes Wilderness ; there is a rich history of climbing starting from the Alpental Valley floor.

Much of the Alpine culture is unchanged since the medieval period when skills that guaranteed survival in the mountain valleys and in the highest villages became mainstays, leading to strong traditions of carpentry, woodcarving, baking and pastry-making, and cheesemaking.

Cheesemaking is an ancient tradition in most Alpine countries.

Alpine festivals vary from country to country and often include the display of local costumes such as dirndl and trachten, the playing of Alpenhorns, wrestling matches, some pagan traditions such as Walpurgis Night, and in many areas Carnival is celebrated before Lent.

With over 120 million visitors a year tourism is integral to the Alpine economy with much it coming from winter sports although summer visitors are an important component of the tourism industry.

The most common derivation provided in English dictionaries is from the Alpine French dialect pronunciation of the word Chrétien ("( a ) Christian "), which was a greeting there.

The Alpine mountain range is linked with the Apennines with the Colle di Cadibona pass in the Ligurian Alps.

One of the most famous and recent ones is the 25 euro 150 Years Semmering Alpine Railway commemorative coin.

Below is shown the first functional Alpine locomotive, the Engerth ; constructed by Wilhelm Freiherr von Engerth.

Munich is situated in the Northern Alpine Foreland.

Generally the term describes only the defenses facing Germany, while the term Alpine Line is used for the Franco-Italian defenses.

The Alpine touring ski is a modified lightweight downhill ski with an alpine touring binding.

One is reminded of Ötzi the Iceman, a Copper Age mummy revealed by an Alpine melting glacier, who collapsed from loss of blood due to an arrow wound in the back.

* The Alpine Club of Canada, Toronto section, is founded.

* A man trapped in an Alpine glacier (" Ötzi the Iceman ") is frozen until his discovery in 1991.

Nearby is the Sierra Nevada Ski Station, where the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996 were held.

Another important element of Austrian geology and geography is the late Mesozoic Alpine orogeny, and the subsequent formation of the Paratethys ocean and Molasse Basin in the Cretaceous era.

Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings.

Alpine skiing is popular wherever the combination of snow, mountain slopes, and a sufficient tourist infrastructure can be built up, including parts of Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand, the South American Andes, and East Asia.

Pine is no longer under development, and has been replaced by the new Alpine client, which is licensed as free software.

In its place is a new family of email tools based upon Pine, called Alpine and licensed under the Apache License, version 2.