Fold Mountains - The Alps - Mindmap in GCSE Geography

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Fold Mountains - The Alps
- Tourism
  - Good communication routes
    - Road/rail/air
  - Climate
  - Summer
    - Stay in hotels/houses/campsites/lakeside resorts
- Forestry
- Farming
  - Main Activity
    - South facing slopes
      - Drier and warmer
  - Height/steepness of slopes
  - Mainly done on valley floor
    - Flatter
    - Soil is deeper and more fertile
    - Shelter from wind
    - Better access and communication
  - Dairy or sheep
    - Transhumance
      - In summer animals move to high areas
        So hay and cereal can be grown
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Transhumance
- In summer animals move to high areas
  - So hay and cereal can be grown