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Eastern Alps
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eastern parts of the Alps in Central Europe
Key facts
- Peak
- Piz Bernina
- Elevation
- 4,049 m (13,284 ft)
- Coordinates
- 46°22′56.6″N 9°54′29.2″E / 46.382389°N 9.908111°E / 46.382389; 9.908111
- Area
- 130,000 km (50,000 mi )
- Countries
- Switzerland Austria Liechtenstein Germany Italy Slovenia
- Parent range
- Alps
- Borders on
- Wienerwald Transdanubian hills Dinaric Alps Venetian Plain Po plain Western Alps
- Orogeny
- Alpine orogeny
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Eastern Alps are usually defined as the area east of a line from Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine valley, up to the Splügen Pass at the Alpine divide, and down the Liro River to Lake Como in the south. The peaks and mountain passes are lower than the Western Alps, while the range itself is broader and less arched.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eastern Alps” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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