The Slovene Prealps or the Slovenian Prealps (, , ) are a group of mountain ranges in the eastern part of the

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. They are located in

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and, for a small part of their northernmost area, in

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Geography

SOIUSA classification

According to

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(''International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps'') the Slovene Prealps are an Alpine section, classified in the following way: * main part =

Eastern Alps The Eastern Alps are usually defined as the area east of a line from Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine valley, up to the Splügen Pass at the Main chain of the Alps, Alpine divide, and down the Liro (Como), Liro River to Lake Como in the south. ...

* major sector =

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* section = Slovene Prealps *

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= II/C-36

Subdivision

The Slovene Prealps are divided into three non-contiguous subsections: * Western Slovene Prealps ( Sl: ''Zahodne Slovenske Predalpe'') -

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:II/C-36.I * Eastern Slovene Prealps ( Sl: ''Vzhodne Slovenske Predalpe'') -

:II/C-36.II * Northeastern Slovene Prealps ( Sl: ''Severovzhodne Slovenske Predalpe'') -

:II/C-36.III Two of these subsections include just one Alpine supergroup, and the third one is further subdivided in two supergroups:Tone Wraber, ''Goropisni atlas Alp''; on-line article about SOIUSA
www.gore-ljudje.net
(access date: 2012-03-29) * Western Slovene Prealps: ** supergroup ''Škofjeloško-Cerkljansko-Polhograjsko-Rovtarsko hribovje'' -

:II/C-36.I-A * Eastern Slovene Prealps: ** supergroup '' Posavsko hribovje'' -

:II/C-36.II-A * Northeastern Slovene Prealps: ** supergroup ''Strojno s Pohorskim hribovjem'' -

:II/C-36.III-A ** supergroup ''Vitanjsko-Konjiško hribovje'' -

:II/C-36.III-B

Summits

The chief summits of the Slovene Prealps are:

References

{{SOIUSA sections of the Alps Mountain ranges of Slovenia Mountain ranges of Austria Mountain ranges of the Alps

Geography

SOIUSA classification

Subdivision

Summits

See also

References