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
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- 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 PrealpsFrom 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.
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
- Operation Zone of the Alpine Foothills – a territory in Italy occupied by Nazi Germany in World War II