The Alps
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- Created on: 18-06-13 09:28
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- Fold Mountains - The Alps
- Farming
- Main activity.
- Restricted because of the height and steepness of slopes.
- Valley floor is ideal for farming.
- Land is flatter.
- Soils deeper and more fertile.
- Shelter from the wind.
- Better access and communications.
- Most farming is done on the south facing slopes.
- Warmer weather.
- Drier conditions.
- The main type of farming is dairy or sheep, cereals and hay are grown too, only in warmer flatter areas though.
- Farmers use a method of farming called trashumance.
- Seasonal movement of animals.
- In the summer animals are taken up to high areas.
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- In the winter they are kept on low grounds.
- In the summer animals are taken up to high areas.
- Seasonal movement of animals.
- Forestry
- This is a major industry within the Alps.
- Coniferous trees are the main species of trees in the Alps.
- Cover many slopes, paticularly the north facing ones.
- The conicial shape help stabalize the tree in windy conditions.
- The downward sloping shape helps the snow slide off during winter without damaging the branches.
- Found were they have been purposly planted as crops.
- Deforistation taking place in the Himalayas.
- Provides timber for fuel and construction.
- Used for production of pulp and paper.
- Tourism
- Fold muntains attract tourists.
- Good communication roots.
- Good proximity to roads, railroads and airports.
- Its near too major parts of Europe for example Germany, France and Switzerland.
- Climate is distinctive. Summer and Winter.
- Summer
- June to September.
- Stay in houses, hotels and campsites.
- Garda and Lucerne are very popular.
- Walking, climbing, sailing, mountain biking and handgliding are popular activities.
- Winter
- Good snow fall but some sunny days for winter activities.
- Sking, snow boarding and winter climbing are popular activities.
- Val D'Lsere and Les Deux Alps are popular resorts.
- HEP
- Is electricity generated by hydro power.
- Hydro power is the production of power through the use of gravitaitional force of flowing or falling water.
- It is used because there are.
- Steep slopes.
- High precipitation.
- Fast flowing rivers.
- Narrow valleys to create reservoirs.
- Many glacial lakes store water.
- How it is used.
- Industries that need cheap and plentifu electricity
- Sawmills
- Aluminium melting.
- Electro-chemical power.
- Exported to supply towns and cities in regions with power.
- Industries that need cheap and plentifu electricity
- Advantages.
- Doesn't produce air pollution.
- Doesn't produce greenhouse gases.
- Doesn't produce waste products.
- Renewable source of energy production.
- Disadvantages.
- Floods.
- Of valleys to create reservoirs.
- People mat have to re-locate.
- Controlling the rivers and creating dams can change and damage the river ecosystems.
- Floods.
- Is electricity generated by hydro power.
- Formation
- Part of line of mountains.
- Called Alpide Belt.
- Goes through Southern Europe.
- Goes through Asia.
- All the way to Himalayas.
- A fold mountain.
- Formed over a long period of time.
- Highest peak is Mont Blanc.
- 4808 meters high.
- Highest peak is Mont Blanc.
- Found in Europe near European countries.
- France.
- Germany.
- Result of tectonic forces that caused the plates to shift their positions.
- Still moving today.
- Very slow speed around a millimetre a year.
- Formed when the African and Eurasian plate collided.
- Pushed on each other.
- Pushed up rocks.
- There were a lot of volcanoes and earthquakes when this happened.
- Pushed on each other.
- Still moving today.
- Formed on a destructive/collision/compression plate boundary.
- Part of line of mountains.
- Farming
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