Rhaetian Alps
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q1277
Library of congress:
sh 90000989
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Scesaplana, 1985.
- Britannica Micro.(Italian Alpi Retiche; German Rätische Alpen; French Alpes Rhétiques; segment of the Central Alps extending along the Italian-Swiss and Austrian-Swiss borders, but lying mainly in Graubünden Canton, Switzerland)
- Lippincott.
- Web. geog.(classical Alpes Raeticae; Ital. Alpi Reti)
- Times atlas.
Wikipedia description:
The Rhaetian Alps (Italian: Alpi Retiche; German: Rätische Alpen) are a mountain range of the Eastern Alps. The SOIUSA classification system divides them into the Western, Southern Rhaetian Alps and Eastern Rhaetian Alps, while the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps places most of the Rhaetian subranges within the Western Limestone Alps. They are located along the Italian–Swiss and Austrian–Swiss borders, in the canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland; in the state of Tyrol in Austria; and in the Italian regions of Trentino-Alto Adige and Lombardy. The name relates to a Roman province and the Rhaetian people subdued under Emperor Augustus in 15 BC.
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