Southern Limestone Alps

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The Southern Limestone Alps are a major mountain range in the Eastern Alps, stretching across northern Italy, Slovenia, and Austria and known for their rugged limestone peaks and dramatic karst landscapes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Triglav 0

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
subrange of the Alps
borders Carpathian Basin
surface form: Pannonian Basin

Po Valley
climate alpine climate
contains Bergamasque Alps and Prealps
Dolomites NERFINISHED
Gailtal Alps NERFINISHED
Julian Alps NERFINISHED
Kamnik–Savinja Alps NERFINISHED
Karawanks
Karnic Alps NERFINISHED
Prealpi Bellunesi
Carnic Alps
surface form: Prealpi Carniche

Prealpi Giulie
Vicentine Alps NERFINISHED
country Austria
Italy
Slovenia
Slovenia
drainageBasin Adriatic Sea
Danube
surface form: Danube River
elevation 2864 m
geologicalAge Mesozoic Era
surface form: Mesozoic
geologicalComposition limestone
geologicalFeature karst landscape
hasFeature deep valleys
glacially carved landforms
steep cliffs
highestPoint Mount Triglav
surface form: Triglav
knownFor dramatic karst landscapes
rugged limestone peaks
locatedIn Austria
Europe
Northern Italy
Slovenia
Southern Limestone Alps self-linksurface differs
orientation east–west
partOf Alps NERFINISHED
Eastern Alps NERFINISHED
separatedBy Central Eastern Alps NERFINISHED
separatedFrom Northern Limestone Alps NERFINISHED
tectonicSetting Alpine orogeny
usedFor hiking
mountaineering
rock climbing
skiing

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Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol hasMountainRange Southern Limestone Alps
Southern Limestone Alps locatedIn Southern Limestone Alps self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Triglav
Julian Alps partOf Southern Limestone Alps