Sallanches, the Glossary
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27 relations: Alps, Altitude sickness, Arve, Chamonix, Communes of France, Communes of the Haute-Savoie department, Continental climate, Departments of France, Frostbite, Haute-Savoie, Humid continental climate, Hypoxia (medicine), Italy, Köppen climate classification, La Roche-sur-Foron–Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet railway, Lucy Gayheart, Megève, Mont Blanc massif, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Sallanches Aerodrome, Savoy, Spaichingen, Sports medicine, Switzerland, Trewartha climate classification, Urban unit, Willa Cather.
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.
Altitude sickness
Altitude sickness, the mildest form being acute mountain sickness (AMS), is a harmful effect of high altitude, caused by rapid exposure to low amounts of oxygen at high elevation.
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Arve
The Arve (L'Arve) is a river in France (département of Haute-Savoie), and Switzerland (canton of Geneva).
Chamonix
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (Chamôni-Mont-Blanc), more commonly known simply as Chamonix (Chamôni), is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France. Sallanches and Chamonix are communes of Haute-Savoie.
Communes of France
The is a level of administrative division in the French Republic.
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Communes of the Haute-Savoie department
The following is a list of the 279 communes of the French department of Haute-Savoie. Sallanches and communes of the Haute-Savoie department are communes of Haute-Savoie.
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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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Departments of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes.
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Frostbite
Frostbite is a skin injury that occurs when someone is exposed to extremely low temperatures, causing the freezing of the skin or other tissues, commonly affecting the fingers, toes, nose, ears, cheeks and chin areas.
Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy.
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Humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold (sometimes severely cold in the northern areas) and snowy winters.
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Hypoxia (medicine)
Hypoxia is a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply at the tissue level.
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Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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La Roche-sur-Foron–Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet railway
The La Roche-sur-Foron–Saint-Gervais-les-Bains-Le Fayet railway is a railway line in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France.
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Lucy Gayheart
Lucy Gayheart is Willa Cather's eleventh novel.
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Megève
Megève (Megéva) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France with a population of more than 3,000 residents. Sallanches and Megève are communes of Haute-Savoie.
Mont Blanc massif
The Mont Blanc massif (Massif du Mont-Blanc; Massiccio del Monte Bianco) is a mountain range in the Alps, located mostly in France and Italy, but also straddling Switzerland at its northeastern end.
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Saint-Gervais-les-Bains
Saint-Gervais-les-Bains is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, southeastern France. Sallanches and Saint-Gervais-les-Bains are communes of Haute-Savoie.
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Sallanches Aerodrome
Sallanches Aerodrome or Sallanches Mont-Blanc Aerodrome (Aérodrome de Sallanches), formerly, was an airport in Sallanches, a commune in Haute-Savoie, France.
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Savoy
Savoy (Savouè; Savoie; Italian: Savoia) is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps.
Spaichingen
Spaichingen (Swabian: Spoachenga) is a town in the district of Tuttlingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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Sports medicine
Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness and the treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise.
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Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.
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Trewartha climate classification
The Trewartha climate classification (TCC), or the Köppen–Trewartha climate classification (KTC), is a climate classification system first published by American geographer Glenn Thomas Trewartha in 1966.
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Urban unit
In France, an urban unit is a statistical area defined by INSEE, the French national statistics office, for the measurement of contiguously built-up areas.
Willa Cather
Willa Sibert Cather (born Wilella Sibert Cather; December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallanches
Also known as Cascade de Sallanches.