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.
Celsius, historically known as centigrade, is a scale and unit of measurement for temperature. As an SI derived unit, it is used by most countries in the world.he degree Celsius has been the only SI unit whose full unit name contains an uppercase letter since the SI base unit for temperature, the kelvin, became the proper name in 1967 replacing the term degree Kelvin. The plural form is degrees Celsius.