They are roughly 600 kilometres (370 mi) long. The two main groups, Northern and Southern, run parallel to the main Austrian Central Alps (also known as the Central Eastern Alps) mountain ranges, on their north and south. Together with the Austrian Central Alps, the Limestone Alps form the most westerly portion of the Eastern Alps.
The mountain and hill profiles of the Limestone Alps are very varied and range from jagged peaks and sheer rock faces to high plateaus and extensive areas of karst formations.
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The numerous ranges of the Limestone Alps are within three mountain groupings, the Northern Limestone Alps, Southern Limestone Alps, and Western Limestone Alps:
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limestone, alps, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, june, 2019, learn, when, remove, . This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Limestone Alps news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Limestone Alps German Kalkalpen are a mountain ranges system of the Alps in Central Europe They are of economic importance including as a watershed source of drinking water They have many accessible dripstone and ice caves Contents 1 Geography 1 1 Groups 2 Geology 3 See also 4 External linksGeography editThey are roughly 600 kilometres 370 mi long The two main groups Northern and Southern run parallel to the main Austrian Central Alps also known as the Central Eastern Alps mountain ranges on their north and south Together with the Austrian Central Alps the Limestone Alps form the most westerly portion of the Eastern Alps The mountain and hill profiles of the Limestone Alps are very varied and range from jagged peaks and sheer rock faces to high plateaus and extensive areas of karst formations Groups edit The numerous ranges of the Limestone Alps are within three mountain groupings the Northern Limestone Alps Southern Limestone Alps and Western Limestone Alps The Northern Limestone Alps are in Austria and Bavaria Germany Its ranges include the Allgau Alps Berchtesgaden Alps Chiemgau Alps Ennstal Alps Salzburg Slate Alps Turnitz Alps Vienna Woods foothills Ybbstal Alps The Southern Limestone Alps are in Austria northern Italy Slovenia and Switzerland Its ranges include the Dolomites Carnic Alps Julian Alps Ortler Alps and Vicentine Alps The Western Limestone Alps are in Austria Italy and Switzerland Its ranges include the Albula Alps Bergamasque Alps Livigno Alps Oberhalbstein Alps Plessur Alps and Rhaetian Alps The Limestone Alps comprise 3 of the 4 primary regions in the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps However they are not used in the proposed SOIUSA classification system Geology editThe Limestone Alps are made of lighter and more porous rock In addition to limestone they also contain dolomite marl and sandstone They are unlike the Central Alps which are mainly composed of crystalline rock granite and gneiss or of slate See also editMountain ranges of the Alps Limestone Alps National Park List of mountain groups in the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps SOIUSA proposed classification systemExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to wbr Northern Limestone Alps and wbr Southern Limestone Alps Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Limestone Alps amp oldid 1069913077, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
