More than half of this country is covered by the Alps & the Jura mounitains
... in the lowlands of the "plateau" between the jura-mountains and the Alps we... [DOC] [TLE] Switzerland - Encyclopedia of the Nations [PAR] Switzerland is in a climatic transitional zone, subject to Atlantic, Arctic, ... At Alpine 
elevations of greater than 3,505 meters (11,500 feet), all precipitation falls as 
snow.