Many river sources are in the Alps. When snow and ice melt in the spring and summer, they supply water to the rivers and lakes at the foot of the mountains. The Alps are Europe’s biggest ...

The Alps, one of the most iconic mountain ranges in the world, stretch across eight countries in south-central Europe. This extensive mountain system spans approximately 1,200 kilometres in a ...

The Apuan Alps are a small mountain range in Italy's northern Tuscany ... The two ranges are clearly visible from Lunigiana (the broad valley with river Magra): to the East the Apennines resemble an ...

The Bernese Alps are in southwestern Switzerland. Setting the sight line: After years of climbing up a pair of parallel limestone pillars in the mountains of Switzerland, photographer Thomas ...

The avalanche fell near the Mont Blanc on Tuesday afternoon A man died in a "very large" avalanche in the French Alps on Tuesday ... and the Chamonix High Mountain Gendarmerie Platoon (PGHM ...

Five skiers were killed in two separate avalanches in the French Alps on Wednesday ... the ski area," Mayor Arnoux added. A team of 10 mountain rescue specialists were despatched in the operation ...