Alpine foothills
The Alpine foothills, or Prealps (
Rhone Valley in the west.[2]
Classification
The Alpine foothills comprise:[3][4]
- The French Prealps
- The Swiss Prealps
- The Northern Prealps, part of the Northern Limestone Alps:
- Bavarian Prealps in southeastern Germany
- Salzburg Prealps, part of the Salzkammergut Mountains in Austria
- Upper Austrian Prealps
- Lower Austrian Prealps, leading to the Vienna Woods
- The Southeastern Prealps, borderline of the Alps to the Pannonian Basin in Austria and Slovenia:
- Prealps East of the Mur
- Lavanttal Alps
- Styrian Prealps
- Slovenian Prealps, Pohorje
- The Southern or Italian Prealps, usually divided into:
Gallery
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Pastures on the Lessini Mountains, in the Venetian Prealps
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Panorama from Mount Bauroux, in the Provence Prealpes
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Summit of the Dent du Salantin, in the Savoy Prealps
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Landscape of Devoluy, in the Dauphiné Prealps
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Panorama of the Mia andJulian Prealps
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The north face of the Benediktenwand, Bavarian Prealps
See also
- Operation Zone of the Alpine Foothills– a territory in Italy occupied by Nazi Germany in World War II
Notes
- ^ "Prealpi" (in Italian). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "PREALPI" (in Italian). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Suddivisioni secondo la SOIUSA" (in Italian). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Suddivisioni secondo la Partizione delle Alpi" (in Italian). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ From the geological point of view, the Alpi Cusiane and a small part of the Biellese Alps ranges of the Pennine Alps are also considered to be in the Prealps.