The 'Alpine foothills', or 'Prealps' (German: ''Voralpen''/''Alpenvorland''; ; ) can refer generally to any area of
foothills in the
Alps of Europe
It can also refer specifically to:
★ The
French Prealps, a group of mountain ranges in France
★ ''
Voralpen'' (''Préalpes''), a geographical region between the
Swiss plateau and the Alps
★ The Swabian-Bavarian Alpine Foothills (''Schwäbisch-Bayerische Voralpen''), southside of
Germany
★ The Salzburgian-Upper Austrian Alpine Foothills (''Salzburgerkammergutberge'') in
Austria, as a part of the
Salzkammergut
★ The Austrian Alpine Foothills (''Österreichische Voralpen'', ''Wienerwald'') leading to the gates of
Vienna
★ The Eastern Foothills (''Östliches Randgebirge'', ''Pohorje'') the borderline of the Alps to the
Pannonian Basin in Austria and
Slovenia
★ The Southern Alpine Foothills (''Predalpe v Sloveniji'', ''Prealpi Italiane'') of Slovenia and
Italy. Italian Prealps are traditionally divided into:
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Prealpi Luganesi or Varesine
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Prealpi Orobiche or Bergamasche
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Prealpi Bresciane or Gardesane
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Prealpi Venete or Vicentine
See also
★ The
Operation Zone of the Alpine Foothills, a territory in Italy occupied by Nazi Germany in World War II
References
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Atlante Orografico delle Alpi, , Sergio, Marazzi, Priuli & Verlucca, 2005,