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LCxSmash t1_iv2j8uy wrote

Dumb but serious questions: Isn’t the Alps mountain range in Europe? Is this just another mountain range with the same name?

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Benu5 t1_iv3q0tn wrote

It's a shortening of 'Alpine', and is used to describe lots of Alpine regions. For Australia, what counts as the 'Alps' is generally the parts of the Great Dividing Range that get yearly snow.

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mrsqueevoot OP t1_iv2k0ps wrote

Lots of Mountain ranges in the world are called "Alps"

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