Millions of years ago, the map of the world was very different. There were different land masses and different water bodies on the Earth. One such water body was called the Tethys Ocean. A part of this ancient and mighty ocean lay between Africa and Europe.
Around 180 million years ago, the continent of Africa began slowly pushing into southern Europe. This caused the Tethys Sea to drain away in that region and the underlying seabed was lifted up along with parts of the Earth’s crust to form the Alps.
This process took many millions of years and the Alps are still growing to this day, as movements of the Earth’s crust continue, pushing them upwards bit by bit.
The Alps are the highest mountains in Europe with a variety of elevations and shapes. They exhibit an incredibly complex topography with majestic peaks, lakes, glaciers, waterfalls and ice-scoured valleys cradling alpine forests and pristine meadows.
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