The Alps extend by a length of almost 200 kilometers to an altitude mediates of 1,700 meters on the level of the sea. They cover almost two thirds with the total surface of the country.
The Alps dominate to the climate and the vegetation and represent the main dividing line of waters in the continent. The Alps represent one of the essential components of the collective identity of the Swiss, but in economic terms the Plain is more important.
In the Alps there are many uninhabited regions. Two thirds of the land are covered with mount, ice, rocks, forest and grass. In the alpine zones the 11 percent lives on the population. The valleys of the greatest rivers - the Rhone, Rhin Stop, Reuss and Tesino- divide alpine mountain ranges.