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Mapa Mental por Noor Ul-Hassan, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Noor Ul-Hassan
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The Alps
- Hydro-Electric Power (HEP)
- Ideal Conditions
(accumulation of water)
- Steep slopes
- Summer melting
of Glaciers
- High Precipitation
- Steep slopes
- Lakes are used to store
water and narrow
valleys are easy to dam
- Industries that
require high input
of electricity use
some cheap HEP.
- some electricity is also
exported to other regions
to supply towns/cities
- Ideal Conditions
(accumulation of water)
- Farming
- Dairy farming is the
traditional type -
farmers use system
called transhumance
- Transhumance:
Seasonal movement
of animals
- Animals taken to high Alps
so that hay and other folder
crops can grow on flat valley
floor
- In winter animals taken back
to valley floor - transhumance
- In winter animals taken back
to valley floor - transhumance
- Change to system
- Cable cars and plastic
pipes used to bring milk
to daries down in valley
- Use artificial feeds in order
for them and cattle to stay
home all year
- New roads, quad bikes
and cable cars give
better access
- Cable cars and plastic
pipes used to bring milk
to daries down in valley
- Transhumance:
Seasonal movement
of animals
- Happens on south side of
slopes, rows of grape trees
also planted here
- Dairy farming is the
traditional type -
farmers use system
called transhumance
- Introduction
- Formed 30-40 million years
ago, young fold mountains
- Boarder between
France, Switzerland,
Austria and Slovenia
- Lots of peaks over 3000m
- Mont Blanc highest peak
- Near Franco-Italian boarder
- 4810m high
- Near Franco-Italian boarder
- Mont Blanc highest peak
- Formed 30-40 million years
ago, young fold mountains
- Mining
- In the past companies
used to go to the alps to
mine
- salt
- iron ore
- gold, silver
- copper
- salt
- Cheaper companies
caused the companies
to leave the Alps
- In the past companies
used to go to the alps to
mine
- Forestry
- Coniferous trees cover
many of the slopes
- Wood is used for fuel
and building material
- As there is lots of wood
- As there is lots of wood
- Saw mills based on valley
floor, next to rivers
- Pulp and paper from timber
that cant be use for building
- Coniferous trees cover
many of the slopes
- Tourism
- Alps attract...
- skiers
- walkers
- climbers
- people who enjoy the scenery
- skiers
- Winter
- flat land on high
levels good for
building hotels
and restaurant
- steep slopes for
ski runs and views
- snow for skiing
and winter sports
- flat land on high
levels good for
building hotels
and restaurant
- summer
- large glacial lakes
- beautiful mountain
scenery with snowy peaks
- large glacial lakes
- Alps attract...
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