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Parent topics

• Earth Science [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Geology [r]: The scientific study of the structure and composition of the earth's crust and its changes over time. ^[e]
• Geophysics [r]: The study of the Earth by quantitative physical methods, namely seismic, magnetic, electrical, electromagnetic, thermal and radioactivity methods. ^[e]
• Plate tectonics [r]: Theory that explains geological phenomena such as seismicity, volcanism, continental drift, and mountain building in terms of the formation, destruction, movement, and interaction of the earth's lithospheric plates. ^[e]
• Mountain range [r]: Chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys. ^[e]
• Europe [r]: Sixth largest continent; area 10,000,000 km²; pop. 720,000,000 ^[e]
• European plate [r]: Add brief definition or description

Subtopics

• Mont Blanc [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Eiger [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Zugspitze [r]: Highest mountain in Germany, in the Wetterstein Range of the Northern Limestone Alps, between Austria and Germany. ^[e]
• Écrins National Park [r]: Natural park in the southern Alps (Provence, France). ^[e]
• Mercantour National Park [r]: Natural park in the far southern Alps (Provence, France). ^[e]
• Mondovì [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Schachen [r]: A hunting lodge designed and built for King Ludwig II of Bavaria. ^[e]
• Neuschwanstein [r]: 19th-century Bavarian palace on a hill near Hohenschwangau and Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany, commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as an homage to Richard Wagner. ^[e]

Other related topics

• Apennine peninsula [r]: A boot-shaped peninsula in southern Europe extending into the Mediterranean Sea. ^[e]
• Austria [r]: Federal republic in central Europe (population c. 8.2 million; capital Vienna), bordered to the north by Germany and the Czech Republic; to the south by Italy and Slovenia; to the west by Switzerland and Liechtenstein; and to the east by Hungary and Slovakia. ^[e]
• County of Nice [r]: A historical region of France, located in the south-eastern part, around the city of Nice. ^[e]
• De analogia [r]: Two books of a grammatical work on the Latin language written by Julius Caesar and dedicated to Cicero. ^[e]
• France [r]: Western European republic (population c. 64.1 million; capital Paris) extending across Europe from the English Channel in the north-west to the Mediterranean in the south-east; bounded by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra and Spain; founding member of the European Union. Colonial power in Southeast Asia until 1954. ^[e]
• Germany [r]: A country in north-western continental Europe that is a major political and economic world player. ^[e]
• Gertrude Bell [r]: (1868-1926) British expert on the Middle East, involved in strategic intelligence for the Arab Revolt (First World War) and had a major influence on the formation of modern Iraq. ^[e]
• Glacier [r]: Bodies of flowing ice that form when more snow accumulates each year than melts. ^[e]
• Italy [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Liechtenstein [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Mountain [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Occitania [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Provence [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Queyras Natural Regional Park [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Rhine [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Slovenia [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Stone [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Switzerland [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Valley glacier [r]: Add brief definition or description