Geography of Switzerland, the Glossary
The geography of Switzerland features a mountainous and landlocked country located in Western and Central Europe.[1]
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319 relations: Aare, Aargau, Abbey of Saint Gall, Acid rain, Adige, Adriatic Sea, Afforestation, Aiguille d'Argentière, Air pollution, Ajoie, Aletsch Glacier, Allium ursinum, Alpine orogeny, Alpine tundra, Alps, Altitudinal zonation, Antarctic Treaty System, Aosta Valley, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Arosa, Ascona, Atlantic Ocean, Austria, Austria–Switzerland border, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Avalanche, Bad Ragaz, Baden-Württemberg, Baltic Sea, Basel, Basel Convention, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bavaria, BBC, Bern, Bernese Alps, Bioclast, Biodiversity, Biodiversity loss, Biodiversity Monitoring Switzerland, Black Sea, Border, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Calcite, Canton of Bern, Canton of Fribourg, Canton of Geneva, Canton of Glarus, ... Expand index (269 more) »
Aare
The Aare or Aar is the main tributary of the High Rhine (its discharge even exceeds that of the latter at their confluence) and the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland.
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Aargau
Aargau, more formally the Canton of Aargau (Kanton Aargau; Chantun Argovia; Canton d'Argovie; Canton Argovia), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation.
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Abbey of Saint Gall
The Abbey of Saint Gall (Abtei St.) is a dissolved abbey (747–1805) in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
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Acid rain
Acid rain is rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, meaning that it has elevated levels of hydrogen ions (low pH).
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Adige
The Adige (Etsch; Àdexe; Adisch; Adesc; Athesis; Áthesis, or label) is the second-longest river in Italy, after the Po.
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Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula.
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Afforestation
Afforestation is the establishment of a forest or stand of trees in an area where there was no recent tree cover.
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Aiguille d'Argentière
The Aiguille d'Argentière is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif on the border between France and Switzerland.
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Air pollution
Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances called pollutants in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials.
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Ajoie
The Ajoie (Elsgau, Franc-Comtois: Aidjoue) is an historic region roughly coinciding with Porrentruy District in the canton of Jura in northwestern Switzerland.
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Aletsch Glacier
The Aletsch Glacier (Aletschgletscher) or Great Aletsch Glacier (Grosser Aletschgletscher) is the largest glacier in the Alps.
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Allium ursinum
Allium ursinum, known as wild garlic, ramsons, cowleekes, cows's leek, cowleek, buckrams, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear leek, Eurasian wild garlic or bear's garlic, is a bulbous perennial flowering plant in the amaryllis family Amaryllidaceae.
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Alpine orogeny
The Alpine orogeny or Alpide orogeny is an orogenic phase in the Late Mesozoic (Eoalpine) and the current Cenozoic that has formed the mountain ranges of the Alpide belt.
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Alpine tundra
Alpine tundra is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because it is at high elevation, with an associated harsh climate.
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Alps
The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
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Altitudinal zonation
Altitudinal zonation (or elevational zonation) in mountainous regions describes the natural layering of ecosystems that occurs at distinct elevations due to varying environmental conditions.
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Antarctic Treaty System
The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively known as the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earth's only continent without a native human population.
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Aosta Valley
The Aosta Valley (Valle d'Aosta; Vallée d'Aoste; Val d'Aoûta) is a mountainous autonomous region in northwestern Italy.
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Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Appenzell Ausserrhoden (Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden; Chantun Appenzell Dadora; Canton d'Appenzell Rhodes-Extérieures; Canton Appenzello Esterno), in English sometimes Appenzell Outer Rhodes, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation.
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Appenzell Innerrhoden
Appenzell Innerrhoden (Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden; Chantun Appenzell Dadens; Canton d'Appenzell Rhodes-Intérieures; Canton Appenzello Interno), in English sometimes Appenzell Inner-Rhodes, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation.
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Arosa
Arosa is a town and a municipality in the Plessur Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
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Ascona
Ascona Ascona (Scona) is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.
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Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.
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Austria–Switzerland border
The border between the modern states of Austria and Switzerland is divided into two parts, separated by the Principality of Liechtenstein, with a total length of.
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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (ARA)Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes; Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups; Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi.
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Avalanche
An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain.
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Bad Ragaz
Bad Ragaz is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
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Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg, commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France.
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Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.
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Basel
Basel, also known as Basle,Bâle; Basilea; Basileia; other Basilea.
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Basel Convention
The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, usually known as the Basel Convention, is an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and specifically to restrict the transfer of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries.
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Basel-Landschaft
Basel-Landschaft or Basel-Country, informally known as Baselland or Baselbiet (Kanton Basel-Landschaft; Chantun Basilea-Champagna; Canton de Bâle-Campagne; Canton Basilea Campagna), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation.
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Basel-Stadt
Basel-Stadt or Basel-City (help; Chantun Basilea-Citad; Canton de Bâle-Ville; Canton Basilea Città) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation.
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Bavaria
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a state in the southeast of Germany.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
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Bern
Bern, or Berne,Bärn; Bèrna; Berna; Berna.
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Bernese Alps
The Bernese Alps (Berner Alpen, Alpes bernoises, Alpi bernesi) are a mountain range of the Alps, located in western Switzerland.
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Bioclast
Bioclasts are skeletal fossil fragments of once living marine or land organisms that are found in sedimentary rocks laid down in a marine environment—especially limestone varieties around the globe, some of which take on distinct textures and coloration from their predominate bioclasts—that geologists, archaeologists and paleontologists use to date a rock strata to a particular geological era.
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity (or biological diversity) is the variety and variability of life on Earth.
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Biodiversity loss
Biodiversity loss happens when plant or animal species disappear completely from Earth (extinction) or when there is a decrease or disappearance of species in a specific area.
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Biodiversity Monitoring Switzerland
The Biodiversity Monitoring Switzerland (BDM) is a Swiss Confederation programme for the long-term monitoring of species diversity in Switzerland.
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Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia.
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Border
Borders are usually defined as geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities.
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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: Borgogne-Franche-Comtât) is a region in eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté.
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Calcite
Calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate (CaCO3).
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Canton of Bern
The canton of Bern, or Berne (Kanton Bern; canton de Berne; Chantun Berna; Canton Berna), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation.
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Canton of Fribourg
The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Freiburg (Canton de Fribourg; Kanton Freiburg; Canton de Fribôrg Chantun Friburg; Canton Friburgo) is located in western Switzerland.
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Canton of Geneva
The Canton of Geneva, officially the Republic and Canton of Geneva, is one of the 26 cantons of the Swiss Confederation.
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Canton of Glarus
The canton of Glarus (Kanton Glarus Chantun Glaruna; Canton de Glaris; Canton Glarona) is a canton in east central Switzerland.
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Canton of Jura
The Republic and Canton of Jura (République et canton du Jura), less formally the Canton of Jura or Canton Jura, is the newest (founded in 1979) of the 26 Swiss cantons, located in the northwestern part of Switzerland.
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Canton of Lucerne
The canton of Lucerne (Kanton Luzern; Chantun Lucerna; Canton de Lucerne; Canton Lucerna) is a canton of Switzerland.
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Canton of Neuchâtel
The Republic and Canton of Neuchâtel (République et Canton de Neuchâtel, Kanton Neuenburg; Chantun Neuchâtel; Cantone di Neuchâtel) is a mostly French-speaking canton in western Switzerland.
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Canton of Schaffhausen
The canton of Schaffhausen, also canton of Schaffhouse (Kanton Schaffhausen; Chantun Schaffusa; Canton de Schaffhouse; Canton Sciaffusa), is the northernmost canton of Switzerland.
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Canton of Schwyz
The canton of Schwyz (Kanton Schwyz Chantun Sviz; Canton de Schwytz; Canton Svitto.) is a canton in central Switzerland between the Alps in the south, Lake Lucerne to the west and Lake Zürich in the north, centred on and named after the town of Schwyz.
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Canton of Solothurn
The canton of Solothurn or canton of Soleure (Kanton Solothurn; Chantun Soloturn; Canton de Soleure; Canton Soletta) is a canton of Switzerland.
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Canton of St. Gallen
The canton of St.
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Canton of Uri
The canton of Uri (Kanton Uri Chantun Uri; Canton d'Uri.; Canton Uri.) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and a founding member of the Swiss Confederation.
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Canton of Zug
The canton of Zug or Zoug (Kanton Zug, Standard German:, Alemannic German:; Chantun Zug; Canton de Zoug; Canton Zugo) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland.
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Canton of Zurich
The canton of Zurich (Kanton Zürich; Canton de Zurich.; Chantun Turitg; Canton Zurigo.) is an administrative unit (canton) of Switzerland, situated in the northeastern part of the country.
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Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the Swiss Confederation.
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Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.
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Carpathian Mountains
The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc across Central Europe and Southeast Europe.
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Cartography of Switzerland
The cartography of Switzerland is the history of surveying and creation of maps of Switzerland.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Central Europe
Central Europe is a geographical region of Europe between Eastern, Southern, Western and Northern Europe.
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Central Switzerland
Central Switzerland is the region of the Alpine Foothills geographically the heart and historically the origin of Switzerland, with the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Lucerne and Zug.
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Chasseral
The Chasseral is a mountain of the Jura Mountains, overlooking Lake Biel in the Swiss canton of Bern.
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Chiasso
Chiasso (Ciass) is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
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Chur
Chur ((locally) or; Coira; Cuera; Cuoira; Cuira; Coira; Cuera or Cuira; Coire)CVRIA, CVRIA RHAETORVM and CVRIA RAETORVM.
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CITES
CITES (shorter name for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals from the threats of international trade.
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Climate
Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years.
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Climate change
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.
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Columbia Encyclopedia
The Columbia Encyclopedia is a one-volume encyclopedia produced by Columbia University Press and, in the last edition, sold by the Gale Group.
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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) is a multilateral treaty to ban nuclear weapons test explosions and any other nuclear explosions, for both civilian and military purposes, in all environments.
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Continental climate
Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm to hot summers and cold winters).
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Convention on Biological Diversity
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), known informally as the Biodiversity Convention, is a multilateral treaty.
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Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas
The Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas is an agreement that was designed to solve through international cooperation the problems involved in the conservation of living resources of the high seas, considering that because of the development of modern technology some of these resources are in danger of being overexploited.
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
The Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, often abbreviated as Air Convention or CLRTAP, is intended to protect the human environment against air pollution and to gradually reduce and prevent air pollution, including long-range transboundary air pollution.
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Courtedoux
Courtedoux is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy of the Canton of Jura, Switzerland.
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Danube
The Danube (see also other names) is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia.
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Décollement
Décollement is a gliding plane between two rock masses, also known as a basal detachment fault.
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Degree (angle)
A degree (in full, a degree of arc, arc degree, or arcdegree), usually denoted by ° (the degree symbol), is a measurement of a plane angle in which one full rotation is 360 degrees.
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Developed country
A developed country, or advanced country, is a sovereign state that has a high quality of life, developed economy, and advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less industrialized nations.
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Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria.
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Districts of Switzerland
Districts of Switzerland are a political subdivision for cantons.
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Diveria
The Diveria (Walliser German: Churumm Bach; German: KrummBach) is an Alpine river which flows through Switzerland (Canton Valais) and Italy (Province of Verbano Cusio Ossola).
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Dom (mountain)
The Dom is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located between Randa and Saas-Fee in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
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Dufourspitze
The Dufourspitze is the highest peak of Monte Rosa, an ice-covered mountain massif in the Alps.
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Early Jurassic
The Early Jurassic Epoch (in chronostratigraphy corresponding to the Lower Jurassic Series) is the earliest of three epochs of the Jurassic Period.
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Eastern Bloc
The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc (Combloc), the Socialist Bloc, and the Soviet Bloc, was the unofficial coalition of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America that were aligned with the Soviet Union and existed during the Cold War (1947–1991).
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Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent.
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Eastern Switzerland
Eastern Switzerland (Ostschweiz, Suisse orientale, Svizra orientala, Svizzera orientale) is the common name of the region situated to the east of Glarus Alps, with the cantons of Schaffhausen, Thurgau, St. Gallen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, and Glarus.
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Ecosystem
An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.
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Encyclopædia Britannica
The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.
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Environmental Modification Convention
The Environmental Modification Convention (ENMOD), formally the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques, is an international treaty prohibiting the military or other hostile use of environmental modification techniques having widespread, long-lasting or severe effects.
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Era
An era is a span of time defined for the purposes of chronology or historiography, as in the regnal eras in the history of a given monarchy, a calendar era used for a given calendar, or the geological eras defined for the history of Earth.
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Erosion
Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited.
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Espace Mittelland
Espace Mittelland is a region of Switzerland, encompassing the cantons of Bern, Fribourg, Jura, Neuchâtel and Solothurn.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
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Eutrophication
Eutrophication is a general term describing a process in which nutrients accumulate in a body of water, resulting in an increased growth of microorganisms that may deplete the oxygen of water.
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Evaporite
An evaporite is a water-soluble sedimentary mineral deposit that results from concentration and crystallization by evaporation from an aqueous solution.
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Fahy
Fahy is a municipality in the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
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Federal Office for the Environment
The Federal Office for the Environment (Bundesamt für Umwelt; Office fédéral de l'environnement; Ufficio federale dell'ambiente) is the Swiss environmental agency, a division of the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications.
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Federal states of Austria
Austria is a federal republic consisting of nine federal states.
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Federal Statistical Office (Switzerland)
The Federal Statistical Office (FSO) is a Federal agency of the Swiss Confederation.
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Finsteraarhorn
The Finsteraarhorn is a mountain lying on the border between the cantons of Bern and Valais.
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Fluchthorn
The Fluchthorn or Piz Fenga is a mountain in the Silvretta Alps, located on the border between Austria and Switzerland.
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Fossil
A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
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France–Switzerland border
The France–Switzerland border is long.
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Free market
In economics, a free market is an economic system in which the prices of goods and services are determined by supply and demand expressed by sellers and buyers.
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French language
French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
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Fresh water
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids.
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Geneva
Geneva (Genève)Genf; Ginevra; Genevra.
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Geographical centre of Switzerland
The geographical centre of Switzerland has the coordinates (Swiss Grid: 660158/183641).
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Geography of the Alps
The Alps form a large mountain range dominating Central Europe, including parts of Italy, France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Slovenia, Germany and Hungary.
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Geologic time scale
The geologic time scale or geological time scale (GTS) is a representation of time based on the rock record of Earth.
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German language
German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
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Germany–Switzerland border
The border between the modern states of Germany and Switzerland extends to, mostly following Lake Constance and the High Rhine (Hochrhein), with territories to the north mostly belonging to Germany and territories to the south mainly to Switzerland.
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Glacier
A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight.
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Glarus Alps
The Glarus Alps (Glarner Alpen) are a mountain range in central Switzerland.
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Glarus thrust
The Glarus thrust (Glarner Überschiebung) is a major thrust fault in the Alps of eastern Switzerland.
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Gotthard Pass
The Gotthard Pass or St.
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Grand Est
Grand Est ("Great East") is an administrative region in northeastern France.
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Grande Dixence Dam
The Grande Dixence Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Dixence at the head of the Val d'Hérémence in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
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Grauspitz
The Grauspitz (Vorder Grauspitze or Vorder Grauspitz on some maps) is a mountain in the Rätikon range of the Alps, located on the border between Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
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Grenzgipfel
The Grenzgipfel (4,618 m) (German for Border Summit) is a peak of Monte Rosa Massif (Pennine Alps), located on the border between Italy and Switzerland.
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Grisons
The Grisons or Graubünden,Names include.
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Groundwater
Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations.
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Gulf of Genoa
The Gulf of Genoa (Golfo di Genova) is the northernmost part of the Ligurian Sea.
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Hans Conrad Escher von der Linth
Hans Conrad Escher von der Linth (born 24 August 1767 in Zürich; died 9 March 1823) was a Swiss scientist, artist, and politician.
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Hectare
The hectare (SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), that is, 10,000 square meters (10,000 m2), and is primarily used in the measurement of land.
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Helvetic Republic
The Helvetic Republic was a sister republic of France that existed between 1798 and 1803, during the French Revolutionary Wars.
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Hoher Randen
The Hoher Randen with its Schlattersteig is the highest mountain of the Randen, a range located between the Jura and the Swabian Jura.
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Humid subtropical climate
A humid subtropical climate is a temperate climate type characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters.
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Hydrocarbon
In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon.
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Hydroelectricity
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power).
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Ice cap climate
An ice cap climate is a polar climate where no mean monthly temperature exceeds.
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Inn (river)
The Inn (Aenus; En) is a river in Switzerland, Austria and Germany.
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Interlaken
Interlaken (lit.: between lakes) is a Swiss town and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern.
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International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling is an international environmental agreement aimed at the "proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry".
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International Tropical Timber Agreement
The International Tropical Timber Agreement (ITTA), 1983) is an agreement to provide an effective framework for cooperation between tropical timber producers and consumers and to encourage the development of national policies aimed at sustainable utilization and conservation of tropical forests and their genetic resources.
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Italian language
Italian (italiano,, or lingua italiana) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire.
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Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
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Italy–Switzerland border
The border between the modern states of Switzerland and Italy extends for, from the French-Swiss-Italian tripoint at Mont Dolent in the west to the Austrian-Swiss-Italian tripoint near Piz Lad in the east.
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Jorat (Switzerland)
The Jorat (German: "der Jurten") is the area of the Canton of Vaud (Switzerland) located between the Gros-de-Vaud, West and the Broye, East.
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Juf
Juf is a village in the municipality of Avers in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland.
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Jungfraujoch
The Jungfraujoch (German: lit. "maiden saddle") is a saddle connecting two major 4000ers of the Bernese Alps: the Jungfrau and the Mönch.
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Jura Mountains
The Jura Mountains are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the French–Swiss border.
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Jura separatism
Jura separatism (séparatisme jurassien) is a regionalist autonomist movement in the Bernese Jura of Switzerland.
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Jurassic
The Jurassic is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya.
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Kander (Switzerland)
The Kander is a river in Switzerland.
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Konkordiaplatz
The Konkordiaplatz or Concordia Place (French: Place de la Concorde), is a flat area of snow and ice lying just to the south of the Jungfrau in the Bernese Alps in the Swiss canton of Valais.
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Kyoto Protocol
The was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that global warming is occurring and that human-made CO2 emissions are driving it.
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La Chaux-de-Fonds
La Chaux-de-Fonds is a Swiss city in the canton of Neuchâtel.
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La Dôle
La Dôle is a mountain of the Jura, overlooking Lake Geneva in the westernmost part of the canton of Vaud.
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Lake Biel
Lake Biel or Lake Bienne (Bielersee; Lac de Bienne) is a lake in western Switzerland.
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Lake Brienz
Lake Brienz (Brienzersee) is a lake just north of the Alps, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
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Lake Constance
Lake Constance (Bodensee) refers to three bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (Obersee), Lower Lake Constance (Untersee), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Seerhein.
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Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva (Léman, lac Léman, rarely lac de Genève; Lago Lemano; Genfersee; Lai da Genevra) is a deep lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France.
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Lake Geneva region
The Lake Geneva region, Lemanic Region or Region Lémanique (Région lémanique, Genferseeregion) is the common name of the region of Switzerland encompassing the cantons of Geneva, Vaud and Valais.
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Lake Lucerne
Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstättersee, literally 'Lake of the four forested settlements' (in English usually translated as forest cantons), lac des Quatre-Cantons, lago dei Quattro Cantoni) is a lake in central Switzerland and the fourth largest in the country.
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Lake Lugano
Lake Lugano (Lago di Lugano or Ceresio, from Ceresius lacus; Lagh de Lugan) is a glacial lake which is situated on the border between southern Switzerland and northern Italy.
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Lake Maggiore
Lake Maggiore (Lago Maggiore; Lagh Maggior; Lagh Magior; literally 'greater lake') or Verbano (Lacus Verbanus) is a large lake located on the south side of the Alps.
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Lake Morat
Lake Morat or Lake Murten (Lac de Morat; Murtensee) is a lake located in the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud in the west of Switzerland.
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Lake Neuchâtel
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Lake of Gruyère
Lake of Gruyère (Lac de la Gruyère; Lac de la Gruyère or Greyerzersee) is an artificial lake in the La Gruyère region of the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.
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Lake Sils
Lake Sils (German Silsersee, Romansh: Lej da Segl) is a lake in the Upper Engadine valley, Grisons, Switzerland.
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Lake Thun
Lake Thun (Thunersee) is an Alpine lake in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland named after the city of Thun, on its northern shore.
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Lake Zug
Lake Zug (Zugersee) is a lake in Central Switzerland, situated between Lake Lucerne and Lake Zurich.
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Lake Zurich
Lake Zurich (Zürichsee; Swiss German/Alemannic: Zürisee) is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zürich.
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Land use
Land use involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as settlements and semi-natural habitats such as arable fields, pastures, and managed woods.
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Landlocked country
A landlocked country is a country that does not have any territory connected to an ocean or whose coastlines lie solely on endorheic basins.
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Landscape
A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or human-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.
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Landslide
Landslides, also known as landslips, or rockslides, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, mudflows, shallow or deep-seated slope failures and debris flows.
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Late Jurassic
The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 161.5 ± 1.0 to 145.0 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata.
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Lausanne
Lausanne (Losena) is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French-speaking canton of Vaud.
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Le Chasseron
Le Chasseron is a mountain in the Jura Mountains, overlooking Sainte-Croix in the canton of Vaud.
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Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein, officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a doubly landlocked German-speaking microstate in the Central European Alps, between Austria in the east and north and Switzerland in the west and south.
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Limestone
Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.
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Linth
The Linth (pronounced "lint") is a Swiss river that rises near the village of Linthal in the mountains of the canton of Glarus, and eventually flows into the Obersee section of Lake Zurich.
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List of extreme points of Switzerland
This is a list of the extreme points of Switzerland.
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List of glaciers in Switzerland
This is a non-exhaustive list of the major glaciers in Switzerland.
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List of islands of Switzerland
This is a list of islands of Switzerland.
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List of lakes of Switzerland
This article contains a sortable table listing all major lakes of Switzerland.
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List of mountain passes in Switzerland
This is a list of mountain passes in Switzerland.
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List of prominent mountains of Switzerland
This article contains a sortable table of many of the major mountains and hills of Switzerland.
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List of rivers of Switzerland
The following is a list of rivers of Switzerland (and tributaries thereof).
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List of valleys of the Alps
The main valleys of the Alps, orographically by drainage basin.
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Lithology
The lithology of a rock unit is a description of its physical characteristics visible at outcrop, in hand or core samples, or with low magnification microscopy.
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Little Switzerland (landscape)
A little Switzerland or Schweiz is a landscape, often of wooded hills.
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Locarno
Locarno (Ticinese: Locarno; formerly in Luggarus) is a southern Swiss town and municipality in the district Locarno (of which it is the capital), located on the northern shore of Lake Maggiore at its northeastern tip in the canton of Ticino at the southern foot of the Swiss Alps.
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Lombardy
Lombardy (Lombardia; Lombardia) is an administrative region of Italy that covers; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population.
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London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter
The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 1972, commonly called the "London Convention" or "LC '72" and also abbreviated as Marine Dumping, is an agreement to control pollution of the sea by dumping and to encourage regional agreements supplementary to the convention.
Longitude
Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east–west position of a point on the surface of the Earth, or another celestial body.
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Lucerne
Lucerne (High Alemannic: Lozärn) or LuzernOther languages: label; Lucerna; Lucerna.
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Lugano
Lugano (Lügán) is a city and municipality within the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.
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MARPOL 73/78
The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978, or "MARPOL 73/78" (short for "marine pollution") is one of the most important international marine environmental conventions.
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Martigny
Martigny (Martinach,; Octodurum) is the capital city of the district of Martigny, canton of Valais, Switzerland.
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Martine Rebetez
Martine Rebetez (born 1961) is a Swiss climatologist.
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Matterhorn
The italics (Cervino; Cervin; Mont(e) Cervin(u))There are several different Romansh dialects, each with its own slight variation on the name for the Matterhorn.
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Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.
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Mendrisio
Mendrisio (Mendrís) is a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
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Mesocco
Mesocco (Mesòch) is a municipality in the Moesa Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
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MeteoSwiss
MeteoSwiss (MeteoSchweiz, MétéoSuisse, MeteoSvizzera), officially the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology, is an office of the federal administration of Switzerland.
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Middle Jurassic
The Middle Jurassic is the second epoch of the Jurassic Period.
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Millennium Development Goals
In the United Nations, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were eight international development goals for the year 2015 created following the Millennium Summit, following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration.
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Mitteleuropa
Mitteleuropa, meaning Middle Europe, is one of the German terms for Central Europe.
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Mixed economy
A mixed economy is an economic system that accepts both private businesses and nationalized government services, like public utilities, safety, military, welfare, and education.
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Molasse
In geology, "molasse" are sandstones, shales and conglomerates that form as terrestrial or shallow marine deposits in front of rising mountain chains.
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Mont Dolent
Mont Dolent is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif and lies on the border between Italy, Switzerland and France.
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Mont Tendre
Mont Tendre is a mountain of the Jura, located between the valley of Joux and the basin of Lake Geneva in the canton of Vaud.
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Montane ecosystems
Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains.
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Monte Rosa
Monte Rosa (Mont Roeusa; Mont Rose; de Gletscher or de Gorner; Monte Rosa) is a mountain massif in the eastern part of the Pennine Alps, on the border between Italy (Piedmont and Aosta Valley) and Switzerland (Valais).
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Monte San Giorgio
Monte San Giorgio is a Swiss mountain and UNESCO World Heritage Site near the border between Switzerland and Italy.
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Montreal Protocol
The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion.
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Municipalities of Switzerland
Municipalities (Gemeinden, Einwohnergemeinden or politische Gemeinden; communes; comuni; vischnancas) are the lowest level of administrative division in Switzerland.
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the world.
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Nidwalden
Nidwalden or Nidwald (Kanton Nidwalden; Chantun Sutsilvania; Canton de Nidwald; Canton Nidvaldo) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation.
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Nitrogen Oxide Protocol
Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes, opened for signature on 31 October 1988 and entered into force on 14 February 1991, was to provide for the control or reduction of nitrogen oxides and their transboundary fluxes.
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North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
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Northwestern Switzerland
Northwestern Switzerland (Nordwestschweiz, Suisse du Nord-Ouest., Svizzera nordoccidentale) is the common name of the region of Switzerland encompassing the cantons of Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft and Aargau.
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Nuclear power
Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity.
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Oberaletsch Glacier
The Oberaletsch Glacier (German: Oberaletschgletscher, meaning Upper Aletsch Glacier) is a valley glacier on the south side of the Bernese Alps, in the canton of Valais.
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Oberalp Pass
Oberalp Pass (Alpsu or Cuolm d'Ursera; Oberalppass) (2044 meters above sea level) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting the cantons of Graubünden and Uri between Disentis/Mustér and Andermatt.
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Obwalden
Obwalden or Obwald (Kanton Obwalden; Chantun Sursilvania; Canton d'Obwald; Canton Obvaldo) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation.
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Oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.
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Oeschinen Lake
Oeschinen Lake (German: Oeschinensee) is a lake in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, east of Kandersteg in the Oeschinen valley.
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Oolite
Oolite or oölite is a sedimentary rock formed from ooids, spherical grains composed of concentric layers.
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Orogeny
Orogeny is a mountain-building process that takes place at a convergent plate margin when plate motion compresses the margin.
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Paleozoic
The Paleozoic (or Palaeozoic) Era is the first of three geological eras of the Phanerozoic Eon.
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Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia (Westfälischer Friede) is the collective name for two peace treaties signed in October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster.
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Pennine Alps
The Pennine Alps (Alpes Pennines, Walliser Alpen, Alpi Pennine, Alpes Poeninae), sometimes referred to as the Valais Alps (which are just the Northern Swiss part of the Pennine Alps), are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps.
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Per capita
Per capita is a Latin phrase literally meaning "by heads" or "for each head", and idiomatically used to mean "per person".
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Petroleum
Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.
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Phytogeography
Phytogeography (from Greek φυτόν, phytón.
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Piedmont
Piedmont (Piemonte,; Piemont), located in northwest Italy, is one of the 20 regions of Italy.
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Piz Lad
Piz Lad is a mountain of the Sesvenna Range (Alps), located on the border between Italy and Switzerland.
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Pizzo Rotondo
Pizzo Rotondo is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps.
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Po (river)
The Po is the longest river in Italy.
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Po Valley
The Po Valley, Po Plain, Plain of the Po, or Padan Plain (Pianura Padana, or Val Padana) is a major geographical feature of Northern Italy.
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Porrentruy
Porrentruy (Poérreintru, Pruntrut) is a Swiss municipality and seat of the district of the same name located in the canton of Jura.
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Precipitation
In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull.
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Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes
The EPFL Press, formerly Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes (PPUR), is a Swiss independent scientific publishing house and a university press affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Prince-Bishopric of Basel
The Prince-Bishopric of Basel (Hochstift Basel, Fürstbistum Basel, Bistum Basel) was an ecclesiastical principality within the Holy Roman Empire, ruled from 1032 by prince-bishops with their seat at Basel, and from 1528 until 1792 at Porrentruy, and thereafter at Schliengen.
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Protestantism
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.
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Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, also known as the Madrid Protocol, is a complementary legal instrument to the Antarctic Treaty signed in Madrid on 4 October 1991.
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Ramsar Convention
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of Ramsar sites (wetlands).
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Reforestation
Reforestation is the practice of restoring previously existing forests and woodlands that have been destroyed or damaged.
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Regions of France
France is divided into eighteen administrative regions (régions, singular région), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe), while the other five are overseas regions (not to be confused with the overseas collectivities, which have a semi-autonomous status).
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Regions of Italy
The regions of Italy (regioni d'Italia) are the first-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, constituting its second NUTS administrative level.
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Reuss (river)
The Reuss (Swiss German: Rüüss) is a river in Switzerland.
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Rhône
The Rhône is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and Southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea.
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Rhine
--> The Rhine is one of the major European rivers.
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Rhine Falls
The Rhine Falls (Rheinfall, a singular noun) is a waterfall located in Switzerland and the most powerful waterfall in Europe.
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River source
The headwater of a river or stream is the farthest point on each of its tributaries upstream from its mouth/estuary into a lake/sea or its confluence with another river.
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Rom (river)
The Rom (Romansh: Rom; Ram; Rombach in Switzerland or Rambach in South Tyrol (Italy) is a river in Switzerland and Italy. The long river is a tributary of the Adige. It rises in the Ortler Alps, close to the Fuorn Pass. It flows through the Val Müstair in Switzerland, and joins the Adige near the town Glurns in the Italian province of South Tyrol.
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Romansh language
Romansh is a Gallo-Romance language spoken predominantly in the Swiss canton of the Grisons (Graubünden).
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Säntis
At above sea level, Säntis is the highest mountain in the Alpstein massif of northeastern Switzerland.
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Schaffhausen
Schaffhausen (Schafuuse; Schaffhouse; Sciaffusa; Schaffusa), historically known in English as Shaffhouse, is a town with historic roots, a municipality in northern Switzerland, and the capital of the canton of the same name; it has an estimated population of 36,000 It is located right next to the shore of the High Rhine; it is one of four Swiss towns located on the northern side of the Rhine, along with italic, the historic italic, and italic.
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Sihlsee
The Sihlsee (in English sometimes called Lake Sihl) is an artificial lake in the Swiss canton of Schwyz, near the town of Einsiedeln.
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Simplon Pass
The Simplon Pass (Col du Simplon; Simplonpass; Passo del Sempione; Pass del Sempion;; Pass dal Simplon) is a high mountain pass between the Pennine Alps and the Lepontine Alps in Switzerland.
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Sion, Switzerland
Sion is a Swiss town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Valais and of the district of Sion.
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Soil mechanics
Soil mechanics is a branch of soil physics and applied mechanics that describes the behavior of soils.
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Southern Europe
Southern Europe is the southern region of Europe.
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Sovereignty
Sovereignty can generally be defined as supreme authority.
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Spatial planning in Switzerland
In Switzerland, spatial planning is the sum total of public policies concerning land use, the organization of the built environment, and the distribution of facilities and activities throughout the geographical space.
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States of Germany
The Federal Republic of Germany, as a federal state, consists of sixteen states.
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Stein am Rhein
Stein am Rhein (abbreviated as Stein a. R.) is a historic town and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.
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Stream
A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel.
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Subarctic climate
The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a continental climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers.
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Suburbanization
Suburbanization (AE), or suburbanisation (BE), is a population shift from historic core cities or rural areas into suburbs, resulting in the formation of (sub)urban sprawl.
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Sulphur Emissions Reduction Protocol
Sulphur Emissions Reduction Protocol may refer to.
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Swiss Alps
The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions.
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Swiss Plateau
The Swiss Plateau or Central Plateau is one of the three major landscapes in Switzerland, lying between the Jura Mountains and the Swiss Alps.
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Swisstopo
Swisstopo is the official name for the Swiss Federal Office of Topography (in German: Bundesamt für Landestopografie; French: Office fédéral de topographie; Italian: Ufficio federale di topografia; Romansh: Uffizi federal da topografia), Switzerland's national mapping agency.
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Temperate climate
In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (approximately 23.5° to 66.5° N/S of Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth.
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Tethys Ocean
The Tethys Ocean (Τηθύς), also called the Tethys Sea or the Neo-Tethys, was a prehistoric ocean during much of the Mesozoic Era and early-mid Cenozoic Era.
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The World Factbook
The World Factbook, also known as the CIA World Factbook, is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.
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Thielle
The river Thielle (La Thielle, or La Thièle, Zihl), is a tributary to the Aare, in the Swiss Seeland.
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Thun
Thun (Thoune) is a town and a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
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Thur (Rhine)
The Thur is a river in north-eastern Switzerland and a tributary of the High Rhine (Hochrhein).
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Thurgau
Thurgau (Thurgovie; Turgovia; Turgovia), anglicized as Thurgovia, and formally as the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation.
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Ticino
Ticino, sometimes Tessin, officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation.
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Ticino (river)
The river Ticino (Tesin; French and Tessin; Ticīnus) is the most important perennial left-bank tributary of the Po.
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Tonne of oil equivalent
The tonne of oil equivalent (toe) is a unit of energy defined as the amount of energy released by burning one tonne of crude oil.
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Tree line
The tree line is the edge of a habitat at which trees are capable of growing and beyond which they are not.
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Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (Trentino-Alto Adige) is an autonomous region of Italy, located in the northern part of the country.
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Tripoint
A triple border, tripoint, trijunction, triple point, or tri-border area is a geographical point at which the boundaries of three countries or subnational entities meet.
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Tundra climate
The tundra climate is a polar climate sub-type located in high latitudes and high mountains.
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Tyrol (federal state)
Tyrol (Tirol; Tirolo) is an Austrian federal state.
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea Treaty, is an international treaty that establishes a legal framework for all marine and maritime activities.
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United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (UNCCD) is a Convention to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought through national action programs that incorporate long-term strategies supported by international cooperation and partnership arrangements.
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the UN process for negotiating an agreement to limit dangerous climate change.
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United Nations Statistics Division
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), formerly the United Nations Statistical Office, serves under the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) as the central mechanism within the Secretariat of the United Nations to supply the statistical needs and coordinating activities of the global statistical system.
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Unteraargletscher
The Unteraargletscher, literally "Lower Aare-Glacier", is the larger of the two sources of the Aare river in the Bernese Alps.
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Upper Rhine Plain
The Upper Rhine Plain, Rhine Rift Valley or Upper Rhine Graben (German: Oberrheinische Tiefebene, Oberrheinisches Tiefland or Oberrheingraben, French: Vallée du Rhin) is a major rift, about and on average, between Basel in the south and the cities of Frankfurt/Wiesbaden in the north.
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Ural Mountains
The Ural Mountains (p), or simply the Urals, are a mountain range in Eurasia that runs north–south mostly through the Russian Federation, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the river Ural and northwestern Kazakhstan.
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Val Bregaglia
The Val Bregaglia (Val Bregaja; Bergell,; Val Bregaglia) is an alpine valley of Switzerland and Italy at the base of which runs the river Mera (Maira in Switzerland).
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Val Müstair
Val Müstair (Münstertal) is a municipality in the Engiadina Bassa/Val Müstair Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
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Val Poschiavo
Val Poschiavo (Pus'ciaf, Puschlav) is a valley in the southern, Italian-speaking part of the Swiss canton of the Grisons.
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Valais
Valais, more formally, the Canton of Valais, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of thirteen districts and its capital and largest city is Sion. Valais is situated in the southwestern part of the country. It borders the cantons of Vaud and Bern to the north, the cantons of Uri and Ticino to the east, as well as Italy to the south and France to the west.
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Valle Mesolcina
The Valle Mesolcina, also known as the Val Mesolcina or Misox (German), is an alpine valley of the Grisons, Switzerland, stretching from the San Bernardino Pass to Grono where it joins the Calanca Valley.
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Vaud
Vaud ((Canton de) Vaud), more formally the Canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation.
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Volatile Organic Compounds Protocol
The Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes (known as the Volatile Organic Compounds Protocol or the VOC Protocol) is a protocol to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution which aims to provide for the control and reduction of emissions of volatile organic compounds in order to reduce their transboundary fluxes so as to protect human health and the environment from adverse effects.
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Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg (Vorarlbearg, Voralbärg, or Voraadelbearg) is the westernmost state (Land) of Austria.
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Vulgar Latin
Vulgar Latin, also known as Popular or Colloquial Latin, is the range of non-formal registers of Latin spoken from the Late Roman Republic onward.
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Walensee
The Walensee, also known as Lake Walen or Lake Walenstadt from Walenstadt, is one of the larger lakes in Switzerland, with about two thirds of its area in the Canton of St. Gallen and about one third in the Canton of Glarus.
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Water pollution
Water pollution (or aquatic pollution) is the contamination of water bodies, with a negative impact on their uses.
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Water resources
Water resources are natural resources of water that are potentially useful for humans, for example as a source of drinking water supply or irrigation water.
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Welfare state
A welfare state is a form of government in which the state (or a well-established network of social institutions) protects and promotes the economic and social well-being of its citizens, based upon the principles of equal opportunity, equitable distribution of wealth, and public responsibility for citizens unable to avail themselves of the minimal provisions for a good life.
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Western Europe
Western Europe is the western region of Europe.
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Western world
The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in the regions of Australasia, Western Europe, and Northern America; with some debate as to whether those in Eastern Europe and Latin America also constitute the West.
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Wolfgang Frey
Wolfgang Frey (born 14 August 1942 in Rechberghausen) is a German bryologist and phytogeographer.
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Zurich
Zurich (Zürich) is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich.
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1356 Basel earthquake
The 1356 Basel earthquake is the most significant seismological event to have occurred in Central Europe in recorded history and had a moment magnitude in the range of 6.0–7.1.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Switzerland
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