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**__Amazing Alpines__** Alpines or mountains are the upper altitudes of mountains, they are found in great mountain ranges. Alpines and mountains are basically the same thing, but Alpines are found in more of the arctic areas. Climate Climate is a certain places weather over a period of time occurs. The usual climate in the Alpine regions is described as cold, snowy and windy. This may surprise many humans because most people think of the mountains to be warm. This is not true at all times. In the Alpines for every 1000 meters that you go up the temperature drops 10 degrees Celsius. The further up the mountain you are the colder it is. The Alpine region usually has twelve inches of rain in one year. Plants You know that you are entering an Alpine when you see Coniferous Trees. These trees are found everywhere when your in the Alpines. Coniferous trees are able to shed snow easily because their branches slant down. All of the plants in the Alpines have to be able to adapt well to climate because if they could not handle harsh predicaments they would die. These plants located in the Alpines create photosynthesis very fast. Some of the plants located here are....   ** -Snow flower -Wild Flowers -Mosses -Succulents -Lichens -Coniferous Trees -Fir Tree

-Sunflowers -Oak Tree -Pine Tree **

Animals The animals in the Alpines are very similar to the ones found in the Taiga and Tundra. The animals in the Alpines have to be very smart to put themselves in a habitat which there bodies can handle. In the Alpine region most of the animals never make it year around, the weather conditions are so harsh. The animals have to be able to adapt to there surroundings easily because if they can not or do not, they will die. Some of the animals in the Alpines are.... 

-Clark's Nutcracker -Alpaca -Stellers Jay -Chickaree -Hoary Marmot -Mountain Goats  -Yak-Snow Leopard -Chinchilla-Ruffled Grouse 



<span style="color: #7ecc28; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 187%; text-align: center;">How Humans Affect This Area- <span style="color: #080708; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #080708; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 144%; text-align: left;">The humans in this area affect the Alpines very much. They pollute this environment by littering, releasing harmful chemicals into the atmosphere, and doing construction around and on these Alpines.

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Created by: //__**Livi Hoffman**__// and __//**Brooklyn Allen**//__, with special thanks to.....

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