The Alps is one of the great mountain ranges of Europe. It stretches form Austria and Slovenia in the east to Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Italy and France in the west. Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps at 4,807 meters, stands on the French-Italian border. Many major rivers in Europe flow from the Alps, such as the Rhone, the Rhine, and the tributaries of both the Danube and the Po. The melting of the glaciers on lower parts of the Alps forms many beautiful lakes.

阿爾卑斯山是歐洲最高大的山脈，位于歐洲南部，山脈東起奧地利和斯洛文尼亞，向西綿延至德國、列支敦士登、瑞士、意大利和法國，長約1，200公里，寬約48到260公里，平均海拔3，000米左右。阿爾卑斯山脈最高峰勃朗峰位于法國和意大利邊境，高約4，807米。歐洲許多大河如羅訥河、萊茵河以及多瑙河、波河的支流均發(fā)源于此。山地冰川作用在阿爾卑斯山地區(qū)形成了許多湖泊。