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| Lakes of the Italian Alps: The slopes of the Alps are forested and appear green, whereas the valley floor appears generally gray due to its dense urban landscapes (lower left). The valley and all the lakes in the view have been carved by a succession of glacier advances during the ice ages of the past 2 million years. The largest lake (center) is Lake Maggiore, ringed by the snowcapped Alps in Switzerland (right side and top of the view). Some of the highest peaks reach almost 3000m (midway down the right side of the view). The major transalpine St. Gotthard railway, joining Milan and Zurich, enters the view along the largest valley (Valle Levantina, right-which becomes Lake Maggiore). The next lake east is smaller Lake Lugano. "A great stone dam ... built ... to carry the railway" can be seen crossing L. Lugano. Lake Como appears at the bottom of the view. The railroad passes through the town of Como at the downstream end of Lake Como before heading southeast across the valley floor to Milan (just outside the bottom-left corner of the view). The large regional Malpensa Airport appears lower left. |
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