Title: Swiss Alps - Wikipedia
Headings: Swiss Alps
Swiss Alps
Contents
Geography
Ranges
Western Alps
Eastern Alps
Hydrography
Rivers
Lakes
Hydroelectricity Impacts due to Glacial Melting
Land elevation
Monitoring Glacial Changes Over Time
Geology
Environment and climate
Climate zones
Negative Impacts to Nearby Populations due to Glacial Melting
Travel and tourism
Summer tourism
Winter tourism
Popular Snow Activities
Tourism Impacts due to Climate Change
Transport
Toponymy
See also
Notes and references
Bibliography
External links
Maps
Other

Content: Alpes suisses, Italian: Alpi svizzere, Romansh: Alps svizras ), represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions. The Swiss Alps extend over both the Western Alps and the Eastern Alps, encompassing an area sometimes called Central Alps. While the northern ranges from the Bernese Alps to the Appenzell Alps are entirely in Switzerland, the southern ranges from the Mont Blanc massif to the Bernina massif are shared with other countries such as France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein . The Swiss Alps comprise almost all the highest mountains of the Alps, such as Dufourspitze (4,634 m), the Dom (4,545 m), the Liskamm (4,527 m), the Weisshorn (4,506 m) and the Matterhorn (4,478 m). The other following major summits can be found in this list of mountains of Switzerland . Since the Middle Ages, transit across the Alps played an important role in history. The region north of St Gotthard Pass became the nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy in the early 14th century. Contents
1 Geography
1.1 Ranges
1.2 Hydrography
1.2.1 Rivers
1.2.2 Lakes
1.3 Hydroelectricity Impacts due to Glacial Melting
1.4 Land elevation
1.5 Monitoring Glacial Changes Over Time
2 Geology
3 Environment and climate
3.1 Climate zones
3.2 Negative Impacts to Nearby Populations due to Glacial Melting
4 Travel and tourism
4.1 Summer tourism
4.2 Winter tourism
4.3 Popular Snow Activities
4.4 Tourism Impacts due to Climate Change
4.5 Transport
5 Toponymy
6 See also
7 Notes and references
8 Bibliography
9 External links
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