The Alps form part of a Cenozoic orogenic belt of mountain chains, called the Alpide belt, that stretches through southern Europe and Asia from the Atlantic all the way to the Himalayas. This belt of ...

Video: The Alps with Sue Venir Climate Change What ... Germany and Slovenia. The mountains were formed millions of years ago as two giant tectonic plates collided, creating some of the highest ...

The Euseigne Pyramids in the Swiss Alps are spectacular geological formations shaped by erosion. It is estimated that they formed as long ... Thanks to the mountain road that runs through these ...

With glacier-clad peaks rising almost vertically from thickly forested valleys, the North Cascades are often called the American Alps ... hoary marmots sunbathe. Mountain goats clamber on rock ...

The ranges and valleys of the Swiss Alps stand out in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission in December ...

Dr Cauchy, seen here at work in 2013, was a mountain medicine specialist An avalanche in the French Alps has killed mountain guide and doctor Emmanuel Cauchy, who was with a group of off-piste ...

The Alps are the largest mountain chain in Europe – and one of the longest and highest mountain ranges in the world. Their majesty stretches for more than 700 miles across eight countries ...

The Apuan Alps are a small mountain range in Italy's northern Tuscany ... It's a sort of large pyramid with a triangular base formed by three ridges and its three sides. The North Face is called ...

Mountain running in Switzerland: Bettmeralp alongside the Aletsch Glacier, Lauterbrunnen to Grindelwald and Monte Zucchero. Three magnificent trail running routes in the Swiss Alps taken from the ...