mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...
ous region. It may also refer to:
Places
Europe
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Alps
The Alps () are some of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
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Alpine states
The Alpine states or Alpine countries are eight countries associated with the Alpine region, as defined by the Alpine Convention of 1991: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovenia, and Switzerland.
Territory
The terri ...
Alpine National Park
The Alpine National Park is a national park located in the Central Highlands and Alpine regions of Victoria, Australia. The national park is located northeast of Melbourne. It is the largest National Park in Victoria, and covers much of the hi ...
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Alpine Shire
The Shire of Alpine is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of and in August 2021 had a population of 13,235.
It includes the towns of Bright, Dinne ...
Alpine, DeKalb County, Alabama
Alpine is an unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Alabama
Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the ...
, an unincorporated community
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Alpine, Talladega County, Alabama
Alpine is an unincorporated community in Talladega County, Alabama, United States, located southwest of Talladega and northwest of Childersburg. It is known to Alabama residents as the site of YMCA
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the ...
, an unincorporated community
* Alpine (plantation), a historic plantation house in Talladega County, Alabama
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Alpine, Alaska
Alpine is an unincorporated community and former census-designated place in the North Slope Borough of Alaska within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska on native lands. The population was 0 at the 2000 United States census, but it was not ...
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Alpine, Arizona
Alpine is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States, in Bush Valley in the east central part of the state. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 145. It is located near the eastern border of the state.
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Alpine, California
Alpine is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Cuyamaca Mountains of San Diego County, California, United States. Alpine had a population of 14,696 at the 2020 census, up from 14,236 at the 2010 census. The town is largely surrounded by Cleve ...
, a census-designated place (CDP) in San Diego County
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Alpine, Los Angeles County, California
Alpine, more fully Alpine Springs and also called Harold, was an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United Sta ...
, a former unincorporated community also known as Harold
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Alpine County, California
Alpine County is a county in the eastern part of the U.S. state of California located within the Sierra Nevada on the state border with Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,204, making it California's least populous county. T ...
Alpine, Indiana
Alpine is an unincorporated community in Columbia Township, Fayette County, Indiana
Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Mic ...
, an unincorporated community
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Alpine Township, Michigan
Alpine Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 14,079 at the 2020 census.
The township is part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area and is located just northwest of the city of Grand Rapid ...
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Alpine, Mississippi
Alpine is an unincorporated community in Union County, Mississippi
Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, A ...
, an unincorporated community
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Alpine, New Jersey
Alpine is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, approximately north of Midtown Manhattan. It is the List of extreme points of U.S. states, easternmost town in New Jersey.
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Alpine, Oregon
Alpine is an unincorporated rural community and census-designated place in Benton County, Oregon, United States. It is west of Monroe off Oregon Route 99W. As of the 2023 Census population estimates, the population was 258.
History
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, an unincorporated community
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Alpine, Tennessee
Alpine is a small unincorporated community in Overton County, Tennessee, United States. It is served by the ZIP Code of 38543, for which the ZCTA had a population of 497 at the 2000 census.
Alpine is part of the Cookeville, Tennessee Micr ...
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Alpine, Texas
Alpine ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Brewster County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,035 at the 2020 census. The town has an elevation of , and the surrounding mountain peaks are over above sea level. A university, hospi ...
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Alpine, Utah
Alpine is a city on the northeastern edge of Utah County, Utah, Utah County, Utah, United States. The population was 10,251 at the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Alpine has been one of the many quickly-growing cities of Utah ...
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Alpine, Virginia
Rocky Point is an unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States.
History
Rocky Point was one of 38 post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter ...
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Alpine, King County, Washington
Alpine was a town in the Cascade Mountains, near Skykomish, Washington. Founded in the late 19th century and originally named Nippon, it was first built to house Japanese railway workers. Another nearby railway town, Corea, housed Kore ...
, a former town abandoned in 1929
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Alpine, Skagit County, Washington
Alpine was a village located on the shores of Lake Cavanaugh, in Skagit County, Washington. A very brief reference to it is found in ''An Illustrated History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties'', by Elizan M. Wallace, published by Interstate ...
, two former villages, one each in the 19th and 20th centuries
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Alpine, Wyoming
Alpine is a town in the northwest corner of Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States; adjacent to the Idaho border, the northwest end of the Alpine Airport's single runway extends into Idaho. The population was 1,220 at the 2020 census.
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, a town
Lakes
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Lake Alpine
Lake Alpine is a reservoir in Alpine County, California, formed by Alpine Dam on Silver Creek. It is located east of Bear Valley in the Sierra Nevada range. It sits at 7,303 feet (2,227 m) above mean sea level and is a popular spot for ...
Alpine Lake (Northern Sawtooth Wilderness)
Alpine Lake is an alpine lake in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located high in the Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The lake is approximately southwest of Stanley. A trail from the Iron Creek trailhead and ...
Alpine plant
Alpine plants are plants that grow in an alpine climate, which occurs at high elevation and above the tree line. There are many different plant species and taxon, taxa that grow as a plant community in these alpine tundra. These include perennial g ...
, plants that grow at high elevations
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Erebia
''Erebia'' is a Holarctic genus of brush-footed butterflies, family (biology), family Nymphalidae. Most of the about 90–100 species (see also #Taxonomy and systematics, below) are dark brown or black in color, with reddish-brown to orang ...
'' or Alpine butterfly, a genus of butterflies common in the Rocky Mountains of North America
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Parnassius
''Parnassius'' is a genus of northern circumpolar and montane (alpine and Himalayan) butterflies usually known as Apollos or snow Apollos. They can vary in colour and form significantly based on their altitude. They also exhibit altitudinal mel ...
'' or Alpine butterfly, a genus of butterflies in Eurasia
* Alpine fir (''Abies lasiocarpa'', or subalpine fir), a tree
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Alpine newt
The alpine newt (''Ichthyosaura alpestris'') is a species of newt native to continental Europe and Introduced species, introduced to Great Britain and New Zealand. Adults measure and are usually dark grey to blue on the back and sides, with an ...
Alpine Linux
Alpine Linux is a Linux distribution designed to be small, simple, and secure. It uses musl, BusyBox, and OpenRC instead of the more commonly used glibc, GNU Core Utilities, and systemd.
, a Linux distribution
Earth sciences
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Alpine climate
Alpine climate is the typical climate for elevations above the tree line, where trees fail to grow due to cold. This climate is also referred to as a mountain climate or highland climate.
Definition
There are multiple definitions of alpine cli ...
, climate that is typical to higher altitudes
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Alpine tundra
Alpine tundra is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because it is at high elevation, with an associated harsh climate. As the latitude of a location approaches the poles, the threshold elevation for alpine tundra gets ...
, a type of natural region or biome
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Alpine orogeny
The Alpine orogeny, sometimes referred to as the Alpide orogeny, is an orogenic phase in the Late Mesozoic and the current Cenozoic which has formed the mountain ranges of the Alpide belt.
Cause
The Alpine orogeny was caused by the African c ...
, in geology
* Alpine Fault, a geological fault running nearly the entire length of New Zealand's South Island
Sport
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Alpine climbing
Alpine climbing () is a type of mountaineering that uses any of a broad range of advanced climbing skills, including rock climbing, ice climbing, and/or mixed climbing, to summit typically large routes (e.g. multi-pitch or big wall) in an alpi ...
, a branch of climbing in which the primary aim is very often to reach the summit of a mountain
* Alpine Endurance Team, a Endurance racing team and constructor
* Alpine F1 Team, a Formula One team and constructor
* Alpine Rally, a rally competition
* Alpine style, mountaineering in a self-sufficient manner
* Alpine skiing, also known as downhill skiing
* Alpine slide, a long chute on the side of a hill, usually built by ski resorts
Transportation
Automobiles
* Automobiles Alpine, a French manufacturer of cars
* Alpine Electronics, a Japanese manufacturer of car audio and navigation systems
* Sunbeam Alpine, a sports car
* Chrysler Alpine, the compact car Simca 1307 in the UK
* Alpine F1 Team, Formula One team from 2021 onwards
** Alpine Academy, young driver programme run by the Formula One team
Aviation
* Alpine Air Express, an American airline
* Auster Alpine, a 1950s British airplane
Art, entertainment and media
* Alpine (band), an indie rock band from Melbourne, Australia
* Alpine (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
Other uses
* Alpine race, a historical ethnicity concept
* Alpine Elementary School (disambiguation)
* Alpine, a subdialect of Vivaro-Alpine within the Occitan language
* Alpine, a number of brands of beer produced by the Moosehead Brewery
* Alpine, a menthol cigarette brand once made by Philip Morris USA
See also
* Geology of the Alps
* Alpine butterfly (disambiguation)
* ''Alpine Journal'', a publication by the Alpine Club of London
* Alpin (disambiguation)
* Alpen (disambiguation)
* Swiss chalet style, an architectural style originally inspired by rural chalets in Switzerland and the Alpine regions of Central Europe
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