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It’s by far the largest mountain range entirely located in Europe
The Alps take on a crescent shape and have a total length of about 1,200 kilometers and a width of about 250 kilometers. They cover about 200,000 square kilometers, which makes it the most extensive mountain range situated entirely within Europe. The Ural Mountains in Russia and the Caucasus Mountains in Russia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, are larger but are partially situated within the borders of Asia as well.
