Alpine foothills

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The Alpine foothills, or Prealps ({{langx|de|Voralpen}}; {{langx|fr|Préalpes}}; {{langx|it|Prealpi}}; {{Langx|sl| Predalpe}}), may refer generally to any foothills at the base of the Alps in Europe.{{cite web|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/prealpi/|title=Prealpi|access-date=12 October 2023|language=it}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/prealpi_%28Enciclopedia-Italiana%29/|title=PREALPI|access-date=12 October 2023|language=it}}

Classification

The Alpine foothills comprise:{{cite web|url=https://www.homoalpinus.com/alpes/subdivisions/soiusa/|title=Suddivisioni secondo la SOIUSA |language=it|access-date=12 October 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.homoalpinus.com/alpes/subdivisions/partizione/|title=Suddivisioni secondo la Partizione delle Alpi|language=it|access-date=12 October 2023}}

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

See also

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