Yisho amagama amazwe ayisikhombisa asezintabeni zase-Alpine kusukela entshonalanga kuya empumalanga.
Context:I-Alps (/ælps/) [a] iyintaba ephakeme kunazo zonke futhi ebanzi kunazo zonke eYurophu, [b] elula cishe i-1,200 km (750 mi) emazweni ayisikhombisa e-Alpine (kusuka entshonalanga kuya empumalanga): iFrance, iSwitzerland, i-Italy, iLiechtenstein, i-Austria, iJalimane neSlovenia. [c] I-Alpine arch isuka eNice entshonalanga yeMediterranean iye eTrieste e-Adriatic naseVienna ekuqaleni kwePannonian Basin. Lezi zintaba zakhiwa eminyakeni eyizigidi eziyishumi lapho izingqimba zomhlaba zase-Afrika nezase-Eurasia zishayisana. Ukwehla okukhulu okubangelwe yilesi senzakalo kwaphumela ekukhuphukeni kwamadwala asezindaweni zasolwandle ngokududula nokugoqa phezulu eziqongweni zezintaba eziphakeme njengeMont Blanc neMatterhorn. IMont Blanc ihlanganisa umngcele waseFrance ne-Italy, futhi ingamamitha angu-4 809 (15,778 ft) intaba ephakeme kunazo zonke e-Alps. Indawo yesifunda se-Alpine iqukethe iziqongo eziyi-128 eziphakeme kunamamitha ayi-4,000 (13,000 ft).
Amazwe ayisikhombisa asezintabeni zase-Alpine (kusuka entshonalanga kuya empumalanga): iFrance, iSwitzerland, i-Italy, iLiechtenstein, i-Austria, iJalimane neSlovenia.