Aletsch

Japanese: Aletsch
Aletsch

…The central part of the Swiss Alps is called the "Roof of Europe" because it is the watershed of the Rhine, which flows into the North Sea, the Rhone, which flows into the Mediterranean Sea, and the Inn, a tributary of the Danube, which flows into the Black Sea. The Aletsch Glacier, which flows out of the snowy fields of the Jungfrau (4,158m), is 27km long and its ice is 800m thick at its end, flowing down to a village at an altitude of 1,500m. The climate of the Alps is diverse. …

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Japanese:

…スイス・アルプスの中央部は,北海に注ぐライン川,地中海に流れ出るローヌ川,黒海に至るドナウ川の支流イン川などの分水嶺をなし,〈ヨーロッパの屋根〉と称される。また,ユングフラウ(4158m)の雪原から流れ出すアレッチュAletsch氷河は,延長27km,氷は厚いところで800mに達し,その末端は千数百mの高度にある村まで流下している。 アルプスの気候は多様である。…

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