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Savoy Prealps

Savoy Prealps

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The Savoy Prealps (Préalpes de Savoie in French) are a mountain range in the north-western part of the Alps. They are located in Rhône-Alpes (south-eastern France) and, marginally, in Valais (western Switzerland). Savoy Prealps encompass northernmost area of the French Prealps.

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Geography

Administratively the French part of the range belongs to the French departments of Savoie, Haute Savoie and Isère while the Swiss one is divided between the districts of Saint-Maurice and Monthey. The whole range is drained by the Rhone river.

Summits

The Dent de Crolles, in the SW part of the range

The chief summits of the range are:

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References

  1. [1]
    Préalpes, article on Larousse Encyclopedia (online version: www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie)

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