Information about Alpine
The term alpine refers to the mountain range of the Alps.
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Alpine may also refer to:
- Alpine skiing
- Alpine climate, the climate above tree line in mountainous areas
- Climate of the Alps, the specific climate in the Alps mountain range
- Alpine, a subdialect of Vivaro-Alpine within the Occitan language
- Alpine Lombard a Western Lombard dialect
- Alpine (cigarette), a Philip Morris brand
- Alpine (goat)
- Alpine plant
- a type of glacier
- a type of rock garden
- the alpine orogeny (geology)
Places
Australia
Canada
- Alpine, Manitoba
- Alpine Ridge, Nova Scotia
- Alpine Village, Peterborough County, Ontario
- Alpine Village, Waterloo Region, Ontario
- Canyon Alpine, British Columbia
- Domaine-Alpine, Quebec
- Glen Alpine, Nova Scotia
United States
- Alpine, Alabama
- Alpine, Alaska
- Alpine, Arizona
- Alpine, California
- Alpine County, California
- Alpine, New Jersey
- Alpine, Oregon
- Alpine, Tennessee
- Alpine, Texas
- Alpine, Utah
- Alpine, Washington
- Alpine, Wyoming
Other uses
- Alpine (car), French manufacturer of cars
- Simca 1307 ("Chrysler Alpine" in the United Kingdom), compact car
- Sunbeam Alpine, sports car
- Alpine Electronics, manufacturer of car audio and navigation systems
- Alpine Lager
- Alpine program, a peer-to-peer network program
- Alpine (e-mail client), Apache-Licensed Pine (e-mail client)
See also
ALPS can refer to:
Countries Austria, France,
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Alpine skiing (or downhill skiing) is a recreational activity and sport involving sliding down snow-covered hills with long, thin skis attached to each foot.
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Alpine climate is the average weather (climate) for a region above the tree line. The climate becomes colder at high elevations—this characteristic is described by the lapse rate of air: air will tend to get colder as it rises, since it expands.
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The climate of the Alps is the climate, or average weather conditions over a long time, of the central Alpine region of Europe. As we rise from sea level into the upper regions of the atmosphere the temperature decreases.
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Vivaro-Alpine (English name) or Vivaroalpenc, Vivaroaupenc (native name) is the northeastern dialect of the Occitan language. It belongs to the Northern Occitan dialectal group. Vivaro-Alpine is spoken in Southern France and North-Western Italy.
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Western Lombard is a Romance language spoken in Italy, in the Lombard provinces of Milan, Monza, Varese, Como, Lecco, Sondrio, a little part of Cremona (except Crema and its neighbours), Lodi and Pavia, and the Piedmont provinces of Novara, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola and a small
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Philip Morris USA is the United States tobacco division of Altria Group, Inc.
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Alpine plants are plants whose natural habitat is mountain slopes, above the tree line approaching the line of perpetual snow.
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See also
- alpine meadow
- alpine tundra
External links
- The Alpine Garden, Rock Gardening on the Net
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glacier is a large, slow moving river of ice, formed from compacted layers of snow, that slowly deforms and flows in response to gravity. Glacier ice is the largest reservoir of fresh water on Earth, and second only to oceans as the largest reservoir of total water.
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A rock garden, also known as a rockery or an alpine garden, is a type of garden that features extensive use of rocks or stones, along with plants native to rocky or alpine environments.
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The Alpine orogeny (sometimes also called Alpide orogeny) is an orogenic phase in the Tertiary that formed the mountain ranges of the Alpide belt. These mountains include (from west to east) the Atlas, the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Dinaric Alps, the Hellenides, the Balkan,
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Alpine is a small village in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. It is located north-east of Aylmerton and south of Yerrinbool.
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Alpine, Alaska
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State Alaska
Borough North Slope
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- CDP 39.2 sq mi (101.
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Alpine is an unincorporated community in Apache County, Arizona, United States, in the east central part of the state. Located at an elevation of 8,050 ft (2450m) in the eastern end of the White Mountains and surrounded by the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Alpine is a popular
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Alpine, California
Location in San Diego County and the state of California
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State California
County San Diego
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Location in San Diego County and the state of California
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Alpine County is the smallest county, by population, in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 1,208. There are no incorporated cities in the county. The county seat is Markleeville.
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Borough of Alpine, New Jersey
Map highlighting Alpine's location within Bergen County. Inset: Bergen County's location within New Jersey
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Map highlighting Alpine's location within Bergen County. Inset: Bergen County's location within New Jersey
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Alpine is an unincorporated rural community in Benton County, Oregon, United States. It is west of Monroe off Oregon Route 99W.
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Alpine is a small community in Overton County, Tennessee on the Cumberland Plateau in Middle Tennessee.
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Alpine, Texas
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State Texas
County Brewster
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Alpine, Utah
Location of Alpine, Utah
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Alpine, Washington was a town in the Cascade Mountains, near Skykomish, Washington. Founded in the late 19th century and originally named Nippon, Washington, it was first built to house Japanese railway workers.
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Alpine, Wyoming
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Alpine
Public
Founded 1955 by Jean Rédélé
Headquarters Dieppe, France
Industry Automotive
Products Automobiles
Parent Renault
Website www.renault-sport.com
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Public
Founded 1955 by Jean Rédélé
Headquarters Dieppe, France
Industry Automotive
Products Automobiles
Parent Renault
Website www.renault-sport.com
- Alpine is also the name of car models produced by Sunbeam and Chrysler.
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Simca 1307 was the name under which Chrysler Europe launched its new large family car in 1975. A modern, front-wheel drive hatchback, it was one of the first such cars in that class, along with the Volkswagen Passat, and became the 1976 European Car of the Year.
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The Sunbeam Alpine was a sporty coupé from Rootes's Sunbeam car marque.
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Alpine Electronics, Inc.
アルパイン株式会社
Public K.K. (TYO: 6816 )
Founded Tokyo, Japan (May 10, 1967)
Headquarters Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Key people Seizo Ishiguro, President & CEO
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アルパイン株式会社
Public K.K. (TYO: 6816 )
Founded Tokyo, Japan (May 10, 1967)
Headquarters Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Key people Seizo Ishiguro, President & CEO
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Moosehead Breweries Limited, located in Saint John, New Brunswick, is Canada's oldest independent brewery.
The brewery was founded in 1867 by Susannah Oland and is still operated by the Oland family, now in the sixth generation of ownership, under Derek Oland.
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The brewery was founded in 1867 by Susannah Oland and is still operated by the Oland family, now in the sixth generation of ownership, under Derek Oland.
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Pine is a freeware text-based e-mail client developed at the University of Washington.
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The term Alpine Meadows may refer to:
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- Alpine Meadows, California, ski resort
- Alpine Meadows Lodge, outside Golden, British Columbia
- Alpine Meadows Ranch, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Darby, Montana
See also
- Alpine meadow
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