Alpine foothills
The Alpine foothills, or Prealps (German: Voralpen; French: Préalpes; Italian: Prealpi; Slovene: Predalpe), may refer generally to any foothills at the base of the Alps in Europe.[1] They are the transition zone between the High Alps and the Swiss Plateau and the Bavarian Alpine Foreland in the north, as well as to the Pannonian Basin (Alpokalja) in the east, the Padan Plain in the south and the 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:
- The Southern or Italian Prealps, usually divided into:
Gallery
Pastures on the Lessini Mountains, in the Venetian Prealps
Panorama from Mount Bauroux, in the Provence Prealpes
Summit of the Dent du Salantin, in the Savoy Prealps
Landscape of Devoluy, in the Dauphiné Prealps
Panorama of the Mia and Matajur mountains, in the Julian Prealps
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.
