Alpe

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Context of Alpe

Alpe so gorski sistem v osrednji Evropi, ki se razteza v 1200 km dolgem loku med Genovskim zalivom in reko Donavo pri Dunaju. So najvišje in najbolj gosto poseljeno gorovje Evrope, pokrivajo ozemlja Francije, Italije, Avstrije, Švice, Nemčije, Lihtenštajna in Slovenije.

Alpe zavzemajo površino približno 300 000 km², na njihovem območju pa prebiva okoli 20 milijonov ljudi. Število prebivalcev se spreminja glede na letni čas, saj je za Alpe značilna sezonska in turistična poselitev v višjih predelih. Tu se nahajajo večje bolj ravne površine, ki poleti služijo kot pašniki in nemalokrat pozimi kot smučišča. Gorovje leži na poti med osrednjo ter južno Evropo, zaradi česar ima zgodovinski pomen zlasti kot tranzitna pot. Alpe so gospodarsko pomembne kot stičišče turizma, kmetijstva, gozdarstva, pridobivanja električne energije na hidroelektrarnah ter izkopavanja soli in železove rude.