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where mountains decide who's allowed to breathe and who isn't.
means Relating to high mountains—especially the Alps—or the cold, treeless heights above the treeline where the air thins.
from From the Alps themselves, whose name comes through Latin Alpes, a word the Romans likely borrowed from a pre-Roman Alpine language. The deeper root is uncertain: some link it to a Celtic or Ligurian word for 'mountain' or 'height,' and it may be a cousin of the Latin albus, 'white,' for the snow-capped peaks—but that last connection is more guessed than proven.
- name origin
- named for the Alps, now means any high cold place
- plant survival
- alpine flowers shrink low to dodge brutal wind
- oxygen drop
- air thins roughly a third at peak elevations
- skiing label
- alpine skiing means downhill, heels locked in
- tree limit
- trees simply quit above the timberline
alpine skiing world cup — annual international competition since 1967 with races across europe and north america
alpine formula one circuits — monaco grand prix and other races held in alpine regions like austria and switzerland
alpine ibex — wild goat native to the alps, reintroduced to gran paradiso national park in italy after extinction
alpine tundra rocky mountains — ecosystem above treeline in colorado and other western us peaks above 11,500 feet