The Crossword Solver found 20 answers to “Weisshorn, e.g.”, 3 letters crossword clue. The Crossword Solver finds answers to American-style crosswords, British-style crosswords, general knowledge crosswords and cryptic crossword puzzles.
Answer : ALPS
Alps, a small segment of a discontinuous mountain chain that stretches from the Atlas Mountains of North Africa across southern Europe and Asia to beyond the Himalayas. The Alps extend north from the subtropical Mediterranean coast near Nice, France, to Lake Geneva before trending east-northeast to Vienna (at the Vienna Woods). There they touch the Danube River and meld with the adjacent plain.
The Alps form part of France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and Albania. Only Switzerland and Austria can be considered true Alpine countries, however. Some 750 miles (1,200 kilometres) long and more than 125 miles wide at their broadest point between Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and Verona, Italy, the Alps cover more than 80,000 square miles (207,000 square kilometres). They are the most prominent of western Europe’s physiographic regions.
Though they are not as high and extensive as other mountain systems uplifted during the Paleogene and Neogene periods (i.e., about 65 million to 2.6 million years ago)—such as the Himalayas and the Andes and Rocky mountains—they are responsible for major geographic phenomena. The Alpine crests isolate one European region from another and are the source of many of Europe’s major rivers, such as the Rhône, Rhine, Po, and numerous tributaries of the Danube.
Thus, waters from the Alps ultimately reach the North, Mediterranean, Adriatic, and Black seas. Because of their arclike shape, the Alps separate the marine west-coast climates of Europe from the Mediterranean areas of France, Italy, and the Balkan region. Moreover, they create their own unique climate based on both the local differences in elevation and relief and the location of the mountains in relation to the frontal systems that cross Europe from west to east.
More Clues
- ALP Weisshorn, e.g.
- ALPS Weisshorn and neighbors
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- SAW “A stitch in time…,” e.g.
- ADJ “Antediluvian,” e.g.
- ODE “Awake, faire Muse,” e.g.
- MAG “Billboard,” e.g.
- HIT “Chantilly Lace,” e.g.
- SEN “D-OH” person, e.g.
- PUN “Dollars, taxes,” e.g., for Dallas, Texas
- V I Z “E.g.” relative
- S Y M “Eroica,” e.g.
- CRY “Eureka!”, e.g.
- A S L “34/M/Los Angeles,” e.g., in chat room lingo
- T L C “A kiss to make it well,” e.g. (abbr.)
- EEK “Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar!,” e.g.
- SERIES “Chicago Hope” or “E.R.,” e.g.
- LATIN “E pluribus unum”, e.g.
- MOTTO “E pluribus unum”, e.g.
- CASH PHRASE “E pluribus unum,” e.g.?
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