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Slovene Prealps

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Peak
  
Porezen

Orogeny
  
Alpine orogeny

Highest point
  
Porezen

Mountains
  
Porezen, Blegoš

Countries
  
Slovenia and Austria

Elevation
  
1,630 m

Parent range
  
Alps

Slovene Prealps

Borders on
  
Styrian Prealps, Carinthian-Styrian Alps, Carinthian-Slovene Alps and Julian Alps and Prealps

The Slovene Prealps or the Slovenian Prealps (Slovene: Slovenske Predalpe, Predalpska Slovenija, slovenski predalpski svet) are a group of mountain ranges in the eastern part of the Alps. They are located in Slovenia and, for a small part of their northernmost area, in Austria.

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SOIUSA classification

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the Slovene Prealps are an Alpine section, classified in the following way:

  • main part = Eastern Alps
  • major sector = Southern Limestone Alps
  • section = Slovene Prealps
  • code = II/C-36

    • Subdivision

    The Slovene Prealps are divided into three non-contiguous subsections:

  • Western Slovene Prealps (Sl: Zahodne Slovenske Predalpe) - SOIUSA code:II/C-36.I
  • Eastern Slovene Prealps (Sl: Vzhodne Slovenske Predalpe) - SOIUSA code:II/C-36.II
  • Northeastern Slovene Prealps (Sl: Severovzhodne Slovenske Predalpe) - SOIUSA code:II/C-36.III

    • Two of these subsections include just one Alpine supergroup, and the third one is further subdivided in two supergroups:

  • Western Slovene Prealps:
  • supergroup Škofjeloško-Cerkljansko-Polhograjsko-Rovtarsko hribovje - SOIUSA code:II/C-36.I-A
  • Eastern Slovene Prealps:
  • supergroup Posavsko hribovje - SOIUSA code:II/C-36.II-A
  • Northeastern Slovene Prealps:
  • supergroup Strojno s Pohorjem hribovje - SOIUSA code:II/C-36.III-A
  • supergroup Vitanjsko-Konjiško hribovje - SOIUSA code:II/C-36.III-B

    • Summits

    The chief summits of the Slovene Prealps are:

    References

    Slovene Prealps Wikipedia
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