Albula
Speech parts
1. Albula - Noun
2. Albula - Proper noun
Meaning
type and sole genus of the family Albulidae
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The site includes the Albula and the Bernina Railway and is listed because of the complex railway engineering (tunnels, viaducts and avalanche galleries) necessary to take the narrow-gauge railway across the main chain of the Alps.
Particularly, one extreme view of diversity recognises just two main species in Northern and Central Europe, the common whitefish C. lavaretus and the vendace C. albula, whereas others would divide these into numerous, often narrowly distributed species.
The lagoon is famous among sea anglers worldwide for its bonefish (Albula glossodonta), and has been stocked with Oreochromis tilapia to decrease overfishing of marine species.
The youngest of the World Heritage sites is the Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes, mostly located in the Swiss canton Graubünden but just extending over the border to serve Tirano.
The second most common is the vendace (Coregonus albula), also most prominently in Dalbosjön, with 200–300 fish per hectare.