Fold mountains - the alps
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- Created on: 18-06-13 09:30
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- Fold mountains- The Alps
- Forestry
- Major industry
- Coniferous trees mainly
- Large scale deforestation
- Logging companies
- Fuel
- Construction
- Jobs
- Pulp
- Paper
- Pulp
- Jobs
- Construction
- Fuel
- Logging companies
- Hydro Electric Power - HEP
- Flowing water
- Produces power
- No air pollution
- Renewable source
- Alps
- glaciers melt
- creating flowing rivers
- Narrow valleys
- Many lakes to store water
- glaciers melt
- Guarenteed electrical power
- Flowing water
- Farming
- Restricted
- Valley floor is ideal
- Land is flatter
- Soil is deeper
- Shelter from wind
- Land is flatter
- Most farming is south facing
- Warmer conditions
- Valley floor is ideal
- Most farming is dairy
- Or sheep
- Method called transhumance
- Taken up higher areas in summer to graze
- Winter tehy return to the farm
- Allows crops to be grown in the summer months
- Method called transhumance
- Or sheep
- Restricted
- Tourism
- Garda and Lucerne
- Very popular
- In summer months
- Activities include:
- Walking
- Climbing
- Sailing
- Hand gliding
- Mountain Biking
- Walking
- Activities include:
- In summer months
- Winter
- snowfall
- But sunny days
- Val'disere
- Lex deux alps
- Val'disere
- But sunny days
- snowfall
- Very popular
- Popular with tourists
- Due to
- Good climate
- In range of many countrys
- Near many airports
- Due to
- Garda and Lucerne
- Formation
- Collision plate boundary
- Collide
- Eurasian plate
- African plate
- Form alps
- Convection current
- Form alps
- African plate
- Eurasian plate
- Collide
- Collision plate boundary
- Forestry
- Tourism
- Garda and Lucerne
- Very popular
- In summer months
- Activities include:
- Walking
- Climbing
- Sailing
- Hand gliding
- Mountain Biking
- Walking
- Activities include:
- In summer months
- Winter
- snowfall
- But sunny days
- Val'disere
- Lex deux alps
- Val'disere
- But sunny days
- snowfall
- Very popular
- Popular with tourists
- Due to
- Good climate
- In range of many countrys
- Near many airports
- Due to
- Garda and Lucerne
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