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A mountain range in south-central Europe, the Alps form an arc 800 kilometers (500 miles) long and 160 kilometers (100 miles) wide from the Riviera in the west to Slovenia in the east. Mount Blanc, at 4,807 meters (15,771 feet), is the highest peak in the range. Before the German annexation of Austria in 1938, the Alps were shared by the following countries: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia. (en-US)

Fonte

Cohen, Saul B., ed. The Columbia Gazetteer of the World. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. p. 80

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