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• Alpine climate
  Alpine climate
  
  Alpine climate is the average weather for a region above the tree line. The climate becomes colder at high elevations—this characteristic is described by the adiabatic lapse rate of air: air tends to get colder as it rises, since it expands....
  , the climate above tree line in any mountainous area
• Climate of the Alps
  Climate of the Alps
  
  The climate of the Alps is the climate, or average weather conditions over a long time, of the exact middle Alps region of Europe. As air rises from sea level to the upper regions of the Earth's atmosphere the temperature adiabatic lapse rate....
  , the specific climate in the Alps mountain range
• Alpine culture
• Mountain hut, also called Alpine hut
• Alpine plant
  Alpine plant
  
  Alpine plants are plants whose natural habitat is mountain slopes, above the tree line approaching the line of perpetual snow....
  
• Alpine orogeny
  Alpine orogeny
  
  The Alpine orogeny is an orogeny phase in the Tertiary that formed the mountain ranges of the Alpide belt. These mountains include the Atlas Mountains, the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Dinaric Alps, the Pindus, the Carpathians, the Balkan Mountains, the Taurus Mountains, the Caucasus Mountains, the Alborz, the Zagros Mountains, the Hindu Kush, t...
  
• Alpine race
  Alpine race
  
  In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, many Western anthropologists classified humans into a variety of Race and subraces. Of these, the name Alpines was given to a physical type predominant in central/Eastern Europe and parts of Western/Central Asia, somewhat shorter, narrower shouldered and darker skinned than those they classi...
  
• Alpine region
• Alpine skiing
  Alpine skiing
  
  Alpine skiing is a recreational activity and sport involving sliding down snow-covered hills with long skis attached to each foot. Alpine skiing takes place at specially developed ski resorts where trees are cut, slopes are manipulated, snow is groomed & avalanches controlled to facilitate the activity....
  
• Alpine (cigarette), a Philip Morris USA
  Philip Morris USA
  
  Philip Morris USA is the United States tobacco division of Altria Group, Inc....
   brand
• Alpine (goat)
  Alpine (goat)
  
  Alpine is a breed of domestic goat known for its very good milking ability.The breed originated in the French Alps. Mature does weigh around 57 kg or 125 lbs....
  
• Alpine, a subdialect of Vivaro-Alpine
  Vivaro-Alpine
  
  Vivaro-Alpine or Vivaroalpenc, Vivaroaupenc is the northeastern dialect of the Occitan language. It belongs to the Northern Occitan dialectal group....
   within the Occitan language
• Alpine Lombard a Western Lombard
  Western Lombard
  
  Western Lombard is a Romance language spoken in Italy, in the Lombardy provinces Province of Milan, Province of Monza and Brianza, Province of Varese, Province of Como, Province of Lecco, Province of Sondrio, a little part Province of Cremona , Province of Lodi and Province of Pavia, and the Piedmont provinces Province of Novara, Province of...
   dialect
• Alpine Symphony, a tone poem by Richard Strauss
• Alpine butterflies or Alpines
• The genus Erbia of the Satyrini, common in the Rocky Mountains
• The genus Parnassius
  Parnassius
  
  Parnassius is a genus of northern circumpolar and montane butterfly usually known as Apollos. They can vary in colour and form significantly based on their altitude....
   in Eurasia
• Alpine butterfly knot
  Alpine butterfly knot
  
  The Alpine Butterfly Knot, also known as the Butterfly Loop, Butterfly Knot, Lineman's Loop, or Alpine Butterfly Loop, is a "non-jamming List of loop knots on the Bight ": a loop which may be tied in a rope with two fixed ends, and can take loads on both ends of the original rope, and on the loop....
  
• Alpine gardens, a type of rock garden
• Alpine glaciers, a type of glacier
  Glacier
  
  A glacier is a large, slow-moving mass of ice, formed from compacted layers of snow, that slowly deforms and flows in response to gravity and high pressure....
  

Places

Australia

• Alpine, New South Wales
  Alpine, New South Wales
  
  Alpine is a Northern Villages, Southern Highlands, New South Wales of the Southern Highlands, New South Wales of New South Wales, Australia, in the Wingecarribee Shire Council....
  
• Alpine Valleys, Victoria

Canada

• Alpine, Manitoba
• Alpine Ridge, Nova Scotia
• Alpine Village, Peterborough County, Ontario
• Alpine Village, Waterloo Region, Ontario
• Canyon Alpine, British Columbia
• Domaine-Alpine, Quebec
• Glen Alpine, Nova Scotia

Thailand

• Alpine Golf Club, Pathumthani

United States

• Alpine, Alabama
• Alpine, Alaska
  Alpine, Alaska
  
  Alpine is a census-designated place in North Slope Borough, Alaska, Alaska, United States. The population was 0 at the 2000 United States Census....
  
• Alpine, Arizona
  Alpine, Arizona
  
  Alpine is an unincorporated area in Apache County, Arizona, Arizona, United States, in the east central part of the state. Alpine was settled in 1876....
  
• Alpine, California
  Alpine, California
  
  Alpine is an unincorporated community in San Diego County, California, California, United States. The Alpine census-designated place had a population of 13,143 at the 2000 census....
  
• Alpine County, California
  Alpine County, California
  
  Alpine County is the smallest List of California counties, by population, in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2000 census , it had a population of 1,208....
  
• Alpine, Indiana
  Alpine, Indiana
  
  Alpine is an unincorporated town in Columbia Township, Fayette County, Indiana, Fayette County, Indiana, Indiana....
  
• Alpine Township, Michigan
  Alpine Township, Michigan
  
  Alpine Township is a civil township of Kent County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 13,976....
  
• Alpine, New Jersey
  Alpine, New Jersey
  
  Alpine is a Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 2,183....
  
• Alpine, Oregon
  Alpine, Oregon
  
  Alpine is an unincorporated area rural community in Benton County, Oregon, Oregon, United States. It is west of Monroe, Oregon off Oregon Route 99W....
  
• Alpine, Tennessee
  Alpine, Tennessee
  
  Alpine is a small unincorporated area in Overton County, Tennessee, Tennessee, United States. It is served by the ZIP Code of 38543, for which the ZIP Code Tabulation Area had a population of 497 at the United States Census, 2000....
  
• Alpine, Texas
  Alpine, Texas
  
  Alpine is a city in and the county seat of Brewster County, Texas, Texas, United States. The population was 5,786 at the 2000 United States Census....
  
• Alpine, Utah
  Alpine, Utah
  
  Alpine is a city in Utah County, Utah, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo, Utah–Orem, Utah, Utah Provo-Orem metropolitan area. The population was 7,146 at the United States Census, 2000....
  
• Alpine, Washington
  Alpine, Washington
  
  Alpine, Washington was a town in the Cascade Mountains, near Skykomish, Washington, Washington. Founded in the late 19th century and originally named Nippon, Washington, it was first built to house Japanese people railway workers....
  
• Alpine, Wyoming
  Alpine, Wyoming
  
  Alpine is a town in Lincoln County, Wyoming, Wyoming, United States. The population was 550 at the United States Census 2000. Alpine is located at the southern end of the Snake River Canyon where the Snake River enters Palisades Dam....
  

Cars and car-related

• Alpine (car)
  Alpine (car)
  
  Alpine was a France manufacturer of racing car and sports cars that used rear engine Renault engines. The French language marque name pronunciation is broadly similar to how "ahl-peen" would be said in English Language....
  , a French manufacturer of cars
• Chrysler Alpine, the compact car Simca 1307
  Simca 1307
  
  The Simca 1307 was the name under which Chrysler Europe launched its new large family car in 1975. A modern, front-wheel drive hatchback, it was one of the first such cars in that class, along with the Volkswagen Passat, and became the 1976 European Car of the Year....
   in the United Kingdom
• Sunbeam Alpine
  Sunbeam Alpine
  
  The Sunbeam Alpine is a sporty two seat open car or coup? from Rootes's Sunbeam Car Company car marque.The original was launched in 1953 as the first vehicle to bear the Sunbeam name alone since the 1920 merger of Sunbeam, Talbot, and Darracq....
  , a sports car
• Alpine Electronics
  Alpine Electronics
  
  is traditionally known as an Automotive aftermarket car audio and navigation systems manufacturer, famed for their high quality, high price in-car audio units commonly known as head unit....
  , a manufacturer of car audio and navigation systems

Other

• Alpine Cowboys
  Alpine Cowboys
  
  Herbert Kokernot Jr. loved baseball and in 1946 started the Alpine Cowboys, a semi-pro team that went to the national finals nine times....
   Baseball Team
• Alpine Lager, a brand of beer
• Alpine (e-mail client)
  Alpine (e-mail client)
  
  Alpine is a free software e-mail client developed at the University of Washington.Alpine 1.0 was publicly released on December 20, 2007.Alpine is a rewrite of the Pine Message System that adds support for Unicode and other features....
  , a free software e-mail client
• Alpine program, a peer-to-peer network program

See also

• Alpide belt
  Alpide belt
  
  The Alpide belt is a mountain range which extends along the southern margin of Eurasia. Stretching from Java to Sumatra through the Himalayas, the Mediterranean, and out into the Atlantic, it includes the Alps, the Carpathian Mountains, the mountains of Asia Minor and Iran, the Hindu Kush, the Himalayas, and the mountains of Southeast Asia....
  
• Alpine Meadows
  Alpine Meadows
  
  The term Alpine Meadows may refer to:* Alpine Meadows, California, ski resort* Alpine Meadows Lodge, outside Golden, British Columbia* Alpine Meadows Ranch, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Darby, Montana...
  
• Alps (disambiguation)
  Alps (disambiguation)
  
  The Alps are a major European mountain range.Alps may also refer to:*The Alps , an English band*ALPs, or Adventure Learning Programs, at UW-Madison...