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Descriptor English: European Alpine Region
Descriptor Spanish: Región Alpina Europea
Descriptor región alpina europea
Entry term(s) región alpina
región montañosa de los Alpes
Scope note: Territorio que engloba ocho países europeos: Alemania, Austria, Eslovenia, Francia, Italia, Liechtenstein, Mónaco y Suiza. La altitud de las cadenas montañosas alpinas llega hasta los 4810 metros sobre el nivel del mar en el Mont Blanc, y su altitud disminuye de oeste a este.
Descriptor Portuguese: Região dos Alpes Europeus
Descriptor French: Région alpine européenne
Entry term(s): Alpine Region
Alps Mountain Region
Tree number(s): Z01.542.025
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000090142
Scope note: A territory which encompasses eight European countries: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovenia and Switzerland. The height of the Alpine mountain ridges range up to Mont Blanc at 15,782 feet above sea level, and its altitude decreases from west to east.
Annotation: do not confuse with ALPINE TUNDRA see TUNDRA
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
History Note: 2022
DeCS ID: 59773
Unique ID: D000090142
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Date Established: 2022/01/01
Date of Entry: 2021/07/09
Revision Date: 2021/07/06
European Alpine Region - Preferred
Concept UI M000745587
Scope note A territory which encompasses eight European countries: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Slovenia and Switzerland. The height of the Alpine mountain ridges range up to Mont Blanc at 15,782 feet above sea level, and its altitude decreases from west to east.
Preferred term European Alpine Region
Entry term(s) Alpine Region
Alps Mountain Region



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