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News: India and Switzerland signed pacts on mobility that will ease granting longer-duration visas and the exchange of young professionals and agreed to strengthen cooperation.
Key Facts about Switzerland
- Switzerland is a landlocked country in the central Europe.
- Bordering nations: It is bordered by France to the west, Germany to the north, Austria and Liechtenstein to the east, and Italy to the south.
- Capital: Its capital is Bern.
- Climate: Its climate is influence by four major European air masses –
- mild, moist Atlantic air
- cold, dry Arctic air
- continental air from the east
- warm, moist Mediterranean air
- Geography: Its geography can be divided into three distinct regions – the Jura Mountains in the northwest, the Alps in the south and east, and the Mittelland (Central Plateau) lying between them.
- Mountain ranges:
- Jura Mountains: The Jura is a rolling mountain range which was formed due to the Alpine folding
- Alps: The Alps were built of large complexes of massed overthrusts of extremely varied sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks that were shaped by glaciation.
- Mittelland: The Mittelland (Central Plateau) covers nearly one-fourth of Switzerland and is bounded by mountain ranges and the country’s two largest lakes.
- Lakes: Lake Geneva and Lake Constance are the two largest lake of the country.
- Major rivers: The Rhine River, Rhône River, Aare River, Ticino River and Inn River are major rivers of the country.
- Highest points: Its highest point is Dufourspitze (Monte Rosa), in the Pennine Alps.
- Mountain ranges:
