Environment of Switzerland | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-14

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00:02:41 1 Physical description
00:08:53 2 Geology
00:10:50 3 Physiographic divisions
00:12:30 3.1 Central Plateau
00:16:00 3.2 Alps
00:19:37 3.3 Jura
00:22:51 4 Hydrology
00:26:39 5 Climate
00:29:36 6 Political divisions and greater regions
00:30:41 7 Land use
00:31:29 7.1 Surfaces of housing and infrastructure
00:33:20 7.2 Farmland
00:35:07 7.3 Forests
00:37:22 7.4 Unproductive areas
00:39:13 8 Population
00:41:03 9 Environment
00:41:32 9.1 Air
00:43:00 9.2 Water
00:44:33 9.3 Biodiversity
00:45:58 9.4 International agreements
00:47:28 10 Area and boundaries
00:49:28 11 Western or Central Europe?
00:52:25 12 Natural World Heritage Sites
00:52:36 13 Topography
00:52:45 14 See also
00:53:11 15 Notes and references



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The geography of Switzerland encompasses the geographical features of Switzerland, a mountainous and landlocked country located in Western and Central Europe. It is surrounded by 5 countries: Austria and Liechtenstein to the east, France to the west, Italy to the south and Germany to the north. Switzerland has a maximum north–south length of 220 kilometres (140 mi) and an east–west length of about 350 kilometres (220 mi).Switzerland is well known for the Alps in the south and south east. North of the Alps, the Swiss Plateau runs along the east–west axis of the country. Most of the population of Switzerland lives on the rolling hills and plains of the plateau. The smaller Jura Mountains are located on the north west side of the plateau. Much of the northern border with Germany follows the Rhine, though the Rhine enters Switzerland near Schaffhausen. The eastern border with Germany and a portion of Austria is drawn through Lake Constance (German: Bodensee). A portion of the southwest border with France is drawn through Lake Geneva.
Switzerland is divided into 26 sovereign cantons. The cantons along the Swiss Plateau tend to be the most populous, industrial and religiously Protestant. The cantons in the Alps tend to be less populous, Catholic, and have an agrarian or tourism-based economy.Switzerland is also divided by language. There are four national languages: German (spoken by 63.7% of population), French (by 20.4% of population), Italian (by 6.5%) and Romansh (0.5%). From Bern east (except Ticino) the population generally speaks German. West of Bern, the population generally speaks French. In the southern canton of Ticino, most people speak Italian. Romansh, a group of dialects descended from Vulgar Latin, is spoken in several regions in the canton of Graubünden.