Case Study - The Alps

Where are the Alps?

In what countries are the Alps in?

How long ago were the Alps formed?

How were the Alps formed?

Tallest peak of the Alps?

Where is the tallest peak?

Population of the Alps?

What are the main uses of the Alps?

What are the slopes like?

What is done on the sunnier slopes and give an example?

What is done on the less sunny slopes?

How many people visit the Alps each year?

What percentage of tourists visit in the winter?

What have been built to cope with tourists, give an example?

What activities can be done in the winter?

What activities can be done in the summer?

What 'peppers the landscape'?

Percentage of their national energy Switzerland gets from the Alps?

How is HEP used in the Alps (give example)?

Where does energy from HEP go?

Why has mining declined?

What ores can be found in the Alps?

What is the main species of tree there and why?

What happens to the trees there?

What do adaptations have to be made for?

How is the relief adapted to?

How is the soil adapted to?

How are communications adapted?