Alpine foothills

Classification

The Alpine foothills comprise:

• The French Prealps
  • Savoy Prealps
  • Dauphiné Prealps
  • Provence 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:
  • Julian Prealps
  • Venetian Prealps
  • Bergamasque Prealps
  • Lugano Prealps
  • Brescia and Garda Prealps

Gallery

File:Monti Lessini (pascoli estivi).jpg|Pastures on the Lessini Mountains, in the Venetian Prealps File:Presolana 01.JPG|Pastures on Monte Pora with a view of Presolana, in the Bergamasque Prealps File:Bauroux.jpg|Panorama from Mount Bauroux, in the Provence Prealpes File:Col du Jorat - Dent du Salantin.jpg|Summit of the Dent du Salantin, in the Savoy Prealps File:Le Dévoluy.JPG|Landscape of Devoluy, in the Dauphiné Prealps File:Matajur003.JPG|Panorama of the Mia and Matajur mountains, in the Julian Prealps File:Benediktenwand, 1800 m.jpg|The north face of the Benediktenwand, Bavarian Prealps

Notes

References

1. "Prealpi".
2. "PREALPI".
3. "Suddivisioni secondo la SOIUSA".
4. "Suddivisioni secondo la Partizione delle Alpi".
5. 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.