. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. from their junction with theApennines for a distance of about 100miles; culminating points. Aiguille deChambeyron, 11,155 feet, and GrandRioburent, 11,142 feet; principal passthe Col di Tende, 6,158 feet, which wasmade practicable for carriages by Napo-leon I. Proceeding northward the nextgroup consists of the Cottian Alps,length about 60 miles; principal peaks:Monte Visco, 12,605 feet; Pic des Ecrins, ALPS 131 ALSACE-LORBAINE 13,462; Pelvoux, 12,973. Next come to the Bl
. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. from their junction with theApennines for a distance of about 100miles; culminating points. Aiguille deChambeyron, 11,155 feet, and GrandRioburent, 11,142 feet; principal passthe Col di Tende, 6,158 feet, which wasmade practicable for carriages by Napo-leon I. Proceeding northward the nextgroup consists of the Cottian Alps,length about 60 miles; principal peaks:Monte Visco, 12,605 feet; Pic des Ecrins, ALPS 131 ALSACE-LORBAINE 13,462; Pelvoux, 12,973. Next come to the Black Sea by the Danube. In the the Graian Alps, 50 miles long, with lower valleys the mean temperature extensive ramifications in Savoy and ranges from 50° to 60°. Half way up Piedmont; principal peaks: Aiguille de the Alps it averages about 32°—a height la Sassiere, 12,326 feet; Grand Paradis, which, in the snowy regions, it never 13,300; Grande Casse, 12,780. To this reaches. In respect to vegetation the group belongs Mont Cenis, 6,765 feet. Alps have been divided into six zones: HEI6HT Feh- S / ti I -4-. 1000 PROFILE MAP SHOWING MAIN PEAKS OF THE ALPS The Pennine Alps form the loftiest por-tion of the whole system, having MontBlanc (in France) at one extremity,and Mont Rosa at the other (60 miles),and including the Alps of Savoy and theValais. In the E. the valley of theupper Rhone separates the Pennine Alpsfrom the great chasm of the BerneseAlps. The principal heights of thePennine Alps are Mont Blanc, 15,781feet; Monte Rosa, 15,217; Mischabel-horner (Dom), 14,935; Weisshom,14,804; Matterhorn, 14,780. In the Ber-nese Alps, the Finsteraarhorn, 14,026;Aletschhom, 13,803; Jungfrau, 13, pass of Great St. Bernard is cel-ebrated for its hospice. The eastern-most pass is the Simplon, 6,595 feet,with a carriage road made by NapoleonI. Further E. are the Lepontine Alps,divided into several groups. The prin-cipal pass is the St. Gothard (6,936 feet).Highest peaks:
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