Slovene Prealps

Slovene Prealps
Mount Porezen
Highest point
Peak	Porezen
Elevation	1,630 m (5,350 ft)
Coordinates	46°10′39″N 13°58′28″E / 46.17750°N 13.97444°E / 46.17750; 13.97444
Naming
Native name	Slovenske Predalpe (Slovene) Predalpska Slovenija (Slovene) slovenski predalpski svet (Slovene)
Geography
Slovene Prealps (section no. 36) within the Eastern Alps
Countries	Slovenia and Austria
Parent range	Alps
Borders on	Styrian Prealps, Carinthian-Styrian Alps, Carinthian-Slovene Alps and Julian Alps and Prealps
Geology
Orogeny	Alpine orogeny

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.^{[citation needed]}

According to SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the Slovene Prealps are an Alpine section, classified in the following way:^[1]

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

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:^[2]

• 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 Pohorskim hribovjem - SOIUSA code:II/C-36.III-A
  • supergroup Vitanjsko-Konjiško hribovje - SOIUSA code:II/C-36.III-B

The chief summits of the Slovene Prealps are:

• Prealps