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
- 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:
The Southern or Italian Prealps, usually divided into:

Gallery

Pastures on the Lessini Mountains, in the Venetian Prealps
Pastures on Monte Pora with a view of Presolana, in the Bergamasque 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

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.

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