The Alps are a mountain range spanning several countries: Italy, France, Monaco, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany and Slovenia. The French Alps boast 24 peaks over 4,000 metres of altitude. The highest point is located in the Mont Blanc, France, with 4,810 metres. The word âAlpsâ means âworld of the heightsâ in an ancient celtic dialect, there is a strong religious meaning in this name. In other languages, âalpâ also means âelevatedâ.
Celsius (or degrees Celsius, or sometimes Centigrade), is a temperature scale. It is used to tell how hot or cold something is It is often written as Â°C Water freezes at 0Â°C and boils at 100Â°C. See: Fahrenheit. Conversion of Temperature-Celsius to Fahrenheit.
1 Put simply, 0Â°C is the freezing point of water and 100Â°C is the boiling point of water. 2  Centigrade is an old fashioned name for Celsius. 3  You can abbreviate it to Â°C. 4  The scale is named after Swedish scientist Anders Celsius (1701-1744).