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Heidi, Girl of the Alps (Japanese: アルプスの少女ハイジ, Hepburn: Arupusu no Shōjo Haiji) is an animated television series produced by Zuiyo Eizo and the series itself based on the novel Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning by Johanna Spyri (1880).
Alps Story: My Annette (アルプス物語 わたしのアンネット, Arupusu Monogatari Watashi no Annetto) is a 1983 anime series by Nippon Animation. 48 episodes aired on Fuji TV. [ 1 ] It is based on the children's book Treasures of the Snow by Patricia St. John and set in the Swiss mountain village of Rossinière .
The glaciers of the Swiss Alps cover an area of 1,220 square kilometres (470 sq mi) — 3% of the Swiss territory, representing 44% of the total glaciated area in the Alps i.e. 2,800 square kilometres (1,100 sq mi). The Swiss Alps are situated south of the Swiss Plateau and north of the national border.
On the Swiss-French border in the Jura between Nyon, Vaud and Morez, France Mont Crosin: 1,227 metres (4,026 ft) In the Jura in the canton of Bern Sattelegg: 1,190 metres (3,900 ft) In the Alps in the canton of Schwyz between Siebnen and Willerzell: Wildhaus: 1,090 metres (3,580 ft) In the Alps in the canton of St. Gallen between Gams and ...
This is a list of buildings and infrastructures above 3,000 metres (9,843 ft) in Switzerland. As this height approximately corresponds to the level of the climatic snow line in the Alps , infrastructures located above it are generally subject to harsh weather conditions and are more difficult to build.
A train on the open-air section of the Jungfrau Railway, the highest in Europe. This is a list of mountain railways in operation in Switzerland.It includes railways that overcome steep gradients (over 5%) or whose culminating point is over 800 m (2,600 ft) above sea level.
The two main mountain ranges are the Alps (south and east) and the Jura (north and west), separated by the Swiss Plateau which also includes a large number of hills. Topographically, the three most important summits of Switzerland are those of Monte Rosa (most elevated), the Finsteraarhorn (most prominent) and Piz Bernina (most isolated).
The Schwyz Alps (German: Schwyzer Alpen) are a mountain range in Switzerland.They form part of the North-Eastern Swiss Alps and are bordered by the Glarus Alps to the east, the Appenzell Alps to the north-east, the Emmental Alps in the west, and the Uri Alps to the south-west.